You Can Get There From Here [Paperback]

Shirley Maclaine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1976

Immensely gifted with intelligence, curiosity,  sensitivity, warmth, and a profound openness to  people and places outside her own experience, Shirley  MacLaine beings a very special quality of mind and  heart to her acting, to her writing, to her  travels. You Can Get There From Here  is a remarkable memoir--the exciting and revealing  journey of a woman who rediscovers the world an  herself.

From an ill-fated  television series in the early 1970's that goes  against everything she believes in...to her  impassioned efforts on behalf of a major presidential  candidate...to her emergence as an important voice in  the international women's movement...to her  life-affirming odyssey to the People's Republic of  China--this is the unforgettable story of Shirley  MacLaine's road from a crisis of self-doubt to a joyous  new stage in her life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A  fascinating book...She is an articulate  sophisticated woman of the world." -- The New  York Times

"Intensely personal...Written in candid, natural  style...Spiced with well-told anecdotes and revealing  vignettes...All can enjoy the journey's of Shirley  MacLaine." -- Best Sellers

From the Publisher

Immensely gifted with intelligence, curiosity, sensitivity, warmth, and a profound openness to people and places outside her own experience, Shirley MacLaine beings a very special quality of mind and heart to her acting, to her writing, to her travels. You Can Get There From Here is a remarkable memoir--the exciting and revealing journey of a woman who rediscovers the world an herself.

Shirley MacLaine's first taste of professional disaster.

The flowering of her social and political consciousness.

The China trip that will change her life.

From an ill-fated television series in the early 1970's that goes against everything she believes in...to her impassioned efforts on behalf of a major presidential candidate...to her emergence as an important voice in the international women's movement...to her life-affirming odyssey to the People's Republic of China--this is the unforgettable story of Shirley MacLaine's road from a crisis of self-doubt to a joyous new stage in her life.

"A fascinating book...She is an articulate sophisticated woman of the world." -- The New York Times

"Intensely personal...Written in candid, natural style...Spiced with well-told anecdotes and revealing vignettes...All can enjoy the journey's of Shirley MacLaine." -- Best Sellers

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam; 2nd Printing edition (February 1, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553261738
• ISBN-13: 978-0553261738
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Shirley MacLaine, Oscar winner, three-time Emmy winner, and ten-time Golden Globe winner, has appeared in more than fifty films, has been nominated for an Academy Award six times, and received the Oscar for Best Actress in 1984. A longtime outspoken advocate for civil rights and liberties, women¹s rights, and spiritual understanding, Shirley MacLaine has sold more than 20,000,000 copies of her nine international bestsellers, which include her acclaimed work The Camino.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can get there from here, November 2, 2008

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This review is from: You Can Get There From Here (Paperback)

as usual great book on her life's adventures. I find after awhile I reread her books, so hold on to them. recommend

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Personal, uplifting adventure, November 16, 2007

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ELF (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can Get There From Here (Paperback)

Well written, great true story. Wonderful independent adventures and sense of possibility. Enjoyed it very much!!

3 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars what can I say?, November 13, 2003

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This review is from: You Can Get There From Here (Paperback)

I first read this book years ago when it first came out and thought it was so great but after years of mental maturing and becoming more conservative in my thinking and knowledge I find her beliefs and her ideas scary. Not worth the one cent I paid for this copy.