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• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Charlie Rose
• DVD Release Date: September 18, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000IMVPCC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #166,470 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Betty Friedan, author of the1963 book, The Feminine Mystique and considered by many to be the mother of the modern feminist movement, on her new autobiography, In Life So Far: A Memoir, in which she looks back on her childhood, her marriage, her family life and her career. Then, P.D. James, one of Britain's most prolific mystery writers, on her new autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography, which is part diary, part memoir covering one year of her life. Later, novelist, critic and satirist Francine Prose talks about her latest novel, Blue Angel.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Francine Prose segment The P.D. James segment, January 29, 2008

By	Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Prose speaks about her latest novel. She is an intelligent person but there is no great spark or humor in her conversation. She speaks about the novel she has written about academic life which in some way is a take- off on the 'Blue Angel'. Rose as usual finds words of praise for his guest and makes her feel at home. But there seems nothing especially noteworthy or remarkable about the interview.
In contrast the P.D. James segment is a truly outstanding one. James is a sparkling strong personality. She comes to speak about a memoir she has published chronicling one year of her life. In their conversation she and Charlie Rose have wonderful rapport. She refers to her husband's mental illness and tells why she will not write about it in detail. She also indicates her disapproval of John Bailey for having written of his wife Iris Murdoch's Alzheimer's. She speaks about her own fiction a bit, about the importance of character. She tells of her love of Jane Austen, and of how she read her during the Blitz during the time of an attack when pregnant and about to give birth to her second child. She tells about Britain's finest hour ' Never have so many owed so much to so few' She speaks about the little boats that went out and saved the Army of England. She also speaks about contemporary English politics. A truly outstanding interview. I watched it not because I am a reader of her but because my dear friend Andrew Waldman is such a great fan of P.D. James. It is clear that James is a case of a writer so good at creating character because she is such a fine character herself.