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One Lifetime Is Not Enough

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This is one of those books that you're embarrassed to be seen reading, buying, or checking out of the library. Zsa Zsa has written the most egotistical book I've ever read! Some of it is SO hard to believe, such as the little chapter about the priest who wanted to break his vows for one night of passion with Ms. Gabor (to make it even more incredible, her husband allegedly encouraged her to accept, telling her that it was his fantasy to see her with a priest). But this book was great entertainment, like a saucy bit out of the National Enquirer. Despite the fact that it may have lowered my IQ a few points, it was worth the hours it took to read it. Great pictures, too, of the young Zsa Zsa, who was a great beauty back in the days.

A possible rejected title for Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography: "All The Men I Slept With, And All The Gems They Bought Me." Gabor's biography "One Life is Not Enough" is as full of dishing as a kitchen sink, but after a while her gossipy revelations become boring instead of entertaining.

Born to a rich Hungarian family, Zsa Zsa Gabor first got married at the age of fifteen, but left her husband after the death of her lover, Turkish leader Ataturk. Eight more marriages came after that, including George Sanders, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, and Conrad Hilton (yes, from THAT Hilton family). Not to mention a small army of lovers that included Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Frank Sinatra, and more.

Gossipy memoirs are always a fun guilty pleasure, the sort of thing to tuck inside a weekly news magazine at lunch. Gabor reveals plenty of sexy details (including making out with Greta Garbo) that are above and beyond even what tabloids usually print, and she does in it a very straightforward, matter-of-fact manner.

Unfortunately, her exploits start to get annoying. The word "diamond" is used constantly (we get it, Zsa Zsa -- you love diamonds), and there is little of Gabor's life except who she slept with and why. There isn't a great deal about her daughter or family... except when ex-hubby George Sanders married her sister Magda. Some of her stories are questionable -- like Sanders wanting to watch Gabor bed a Catholic priest, or Gabor sleeping with Sinatra to make him leave her apartment. And others raise weird questions (if she's so amazingly sexy, why did her husbands keep cheating?).

Gabor gushes ad nauseam about her assorted lovers and husbands, few of which are actually around much. Initially, since her first lover was a god-king, it's an interesting tale. But when she gets to Hollywood, these guys mostly start to blur together. What's more, Gabor certainly was telling the truth when she said she liked being around men more than women -- her descriptions of women like Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly and any other beautiful heterosexual actress are pretty catty, to say the least.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's autobiography starts off as a delicious gossipfest, but eventually deteriorates into a listing of the men she slept with and/or married. "One Life is Not Enough" is way more than enough.

I love Zsa Zsa's autobiography! I never read a whole biography in my life without falling asleep, but in this book I coulden't put it down. It was so interesting from start to finish! I am a huge fan of Zsa Zsa now from after reading this incredible book. She has been through so much drama. I hope you find my great review helpful:) ~THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ZSA ZSA GABOR!~
~Always Lorraine~

Zsa Zsa Gabor is most famous for her long-string of husbands and for being a popular Hollywood socialite than for being a movie actress. In the early nineties she was found guilty of slapping a Beverly Hills police officer and sudddenly Gabor had a sudden burst of renewed popularity and interest by the general public. Immediately Gabor started writing her memoirs and the result became "One Life Is Not Enough".

Like many I have recently been following Gabor's private struggle with an array of health issues that started plaguing her in the late nineties. The woman is simply a tough lady as not only did she survive multiple marriages, but she buried both her sisters and her parents. I have seen pictures of Zsa Zsa recently, the most recent one taken by her nutty husband at her 94th birthday party, and I see a very frail and sad Zsa Zsa. Obviously God doesn't have favorites when it comes to old age, and it is with much distressed that I see a woman now not long from death.

I have always been a Zsa Zsa Gabor fan from the first moment as a little boy when I saw her on "The Merv griffin Show" in the 1970's. I have always admired her humor, quick wit, and accent.

"One Life Is Not Enough" is by far inferior to most Hollywood memoirs, but it's still a fun read. We get a glimpse into the early beginnings of Zsa Zsa's life when she was born in Hungary to her ultimate discovery and move to southern California. She discusses her marriages, career, her only child, and the slap heard around the world.

A fun read, "One Life Is Not Enough" is an aprropriate title for Gabor and she has the strength, perseverance, and will-power of a dozen people.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's "One Lifetime Is Not Enough," is a terrific read. Zsa Zsa Gabor and co-author Wendy Leigh, provide an entertaining, fun, fast-paced book about the glamorous life of the charming, beautiful, spirited, witty, celebrated Zsa Zsa Gabor. I loved it and wish it had been much, much longer!

I purchased this book mainly to get some info on George Sanders. I didn't know much about Zsa Zsa, and was hoping she would divulge some juicy facts about him. But- it's so absurd and full of egocentric fables, and I'm not sure I even believe the majority of the stories she tells. She continually refers to her 'beauty', and how this man or that was so madly in love with her, would kill to have her, etc. I'm only on husband number 4 though, and so far all of them cheated on her. Hmmm, what's wrong with this picture? It's just a jumbled mess that isn't well-told. In one sentence she claims to be 'devastated' over her divorce, but in the next she talks about how in love she is with another man and refers to the hot sex they had. It's like a bad article in a trashy tabloid that goes on and on and on....

This autobiography of Zsa Zsa Gabor is great. I never usually read books but this one I coulden't put down. It is so interesting on how her life turned out to be! She shares her deep secrets in this whole book. I dont know why anyone woulden't like this book! THIS ONE'S FOR YOU ZSA ZSA! ~Always Lorraine~

NOw I got this book for a penny... Yeah hard back too. It's a cracker. A large proportion of the book IS about her undying love for and relationship with George Sanders and her regret at not marrying him a second time just before his death. Some of the stories are a little contradictory (think her memory must have been on the blink) but its quite shocking the infadelity bed hoping she reveals amongst her suitors (and herself and husband Sanders)as well as all the other great stars of the day...they were all at it APPARENTLY. If your a fan of Sanders GET this book... infact, get this book anyway cos its a great read.

In this book, Zsa Zsa gets honest about her views on life, and details that sum total of her life experiences. The book is written to a level of vivid detail which will prove to hold a reader's interest. Zsa Zsa details, her marriages, her arrest, and many others "events" that we get to know the true woman who is a legend. Excellent reading. A book of reality that borders on fantasy.