Love and Madness: My Private Years With George C. Scott (Paperback)

~ Karen Truesdell Riehl (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Sands Publishing Llc (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590250192
• ISBN-13: 978-1590250198
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,854,196 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Woman Scorned, September 11, 2003

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Everybody knows the star of Patton was a brilliant actor but not exactly a warm and fuzzy human being. Ms. Truesdell Riehl's account of her relationship with Scott is a compelling story of his destructive influence on innocent lives. There is no self-pity here, though. The author's narrative is laced with warmth, wit, and the wisdom that comes only from hard experience.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in the Shadow of a Star, September 5, 2003

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Truesdell-Riehl's story of her 30-year clandestine love affair with George C. Scott is a gripping tale, beautifully told. The author met and fell in love with Scott when she was in her freshman year at Stephens College and he was a theatre instructor. After acting with him in summer stock following her graduation, Truesdell-Riehl gave up a promising acting career to go to New York with Scott, working as a dental assistant, while he pounded the pavement in search of acting jobs. Her story, written with both wit and wisdom, provides insight into the tormented life of this international film star and the woman he called the love of his life. It's a page turner I couldn't put down!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars :Love and Madness:my private years with George C Scott, September 5, 2003

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My heart hurt for Karen.She lived in an era ('50's)when shame and screcrecy robbed her of choices. I could not put the book down. She showed us us George C Scott as no one has before.