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Jane Russell: My Path and My Detours: An Autobiography
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Jane Russell
The candid story of Hollywood's popular sex symbol reveals the "girl next door" underneath--marrying her high school sweetheart, founding an international adoption agency--as well as the real truth behind her relationship with Howard Hughes.
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This book makes me love Jane Russell more than I already did! She was such a blunt, likeable, and classy lady!
Jane Russell must have been a hoot! Would have loved to been one of her girlfriends. She believed strongly in family, God, and calling it as it is. Look forward to seeing some of her movies again.
What a hoot!
Actress Jane Russell’s autobiography was fun as she tells her story with such frankness and honesty, I felt like I was sitting down with her having coffee as she shared her story. She became a sex symbol in the 1940s when she was in her chosen by Howard Hughes to be in his film, “The Outlaw.” Her first husband was her high school sweetheart who went on to be a football player, Robert Waterfield for the Rams. After a blotched abortion, she could not have children and ended up adopting three child
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It's impossible not to like Jane, especially up on screen, but man she tests a fan's commitment here. I found this relentlessly cheery and one note. EVERYTHING's got a silver lining! If Pollyanna had a backyard abortion she could look to Jane for tips on how to keep glad about it, for that's just what Jane does. It's like she's made out of Teflon. Obviously God's the bloody problem here. Too damn much of Him. She says she never preached at anyone, and more's the pity she didn't because she serve
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I liked this book. It was pretty much just what I was expecting, a straightforward, no-nonsense writing from a woman who didn't make excuses and didn't take them either. I definitely enjoyed it. But if you're looking for a tell-all gossipy book, search elsewhere.
I left reading this book thinking that not only was Jane Russell a beautiful woman on the outside, but she is a true beauty on the inside. What a class act!
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“In second grade my second love wrote "I love you" on a scrap of paper and dropped it on my desk as he passed by. He was very shy and sullen. When he moved to another school at the end of the term, I was heartsick. I thought about him all summer. But I learned then that we do outgrow people and our tastes do change. One should not marry until one is older. At least ten.”
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