Stories I Only Tell My Friends
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  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780552164375
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99
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Stories I Only Tell My Friends

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12 May 2011
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26 May 2011
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1 Mar 2012
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The Sunday Times bestselling memoir of a Hollywood icon

A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

Teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety.

Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780552164375
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

About the author

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe is a film and television actor and producer. He also is involved in politics. He lives with his wife and two sons in California.

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Praise for Stories I Only Tell My Friends

A lovely autobiography, equal parts dish and pathos

Vanity Fair

[Lowe] writes viscerally and insightfully... He looks back at the aberrant highs of his heart-throb days, the changing nature of stardom in Hollywood, the trade-off he has made between high life and home life, and the step-by-step effort behind his show business survival

The New York Times

I really enjoyed it...Thoroughly entertaining

Time Magazine

[Lowe's] charming, honest, even affectionate memoir is the story of strong guts behind a strikingly handsome face... A book to recommend widely

Booklist

Engaging and revealing

Spectator

Fascinating... thoughtful... compelling

Heat

Compelling

Mariella Frostrup, Observer

A slick, seemingly confidential portrayal of a complex, charismatic actor

The Times
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