The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man A Memoir

Paul Newman, David Rosenthal, Melissa Newman, Clea Newman Soderlund

eBook - 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts/comments throughout from Joanne Woodward, George Roy Hill, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan and many others.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME and Vanity Fair"Newman at his best...with his self-aware persona, storied marriage and generous charitable activities...this rich book somehow imbues his characters’ pain and joy with fresh technicolor." —T...he Wall Street JournalIn 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history,... more