{"product_id":"a-fine-romance-9781476746098","title":"A Fine Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, acclaimed actress Candice Bergen \"shows how to do a memoir right...The self-possessed, witty, and down-to-earth voice that made Bergen's first memoir a hit when it was published in 1984 has only been deepened by life's surprises\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Candice Bergen is unflinchingly honest\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), and in \u003ci\u003eA Fine Romance\u003c\/i\u003e she describes her first marriage at age thirty-four to famous French director Louis Malle; her overpowering love for her daughter, Chloe; the unleashing of her inner comic with \u003ci\u003eMurphy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; her trauma over Malle's death; her joy at finding new love; and her pride at watching Chloe blossom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her decidedly nontraditional marriage to the insatiably curious Louis, Bergen takes readers on world travels to the sets where each made films. Pregnant with Chloe at age thirty-nine, this mature primigravida also recounts a journey through motherhood that includes plundering the Warner Bros. costume closets for Halloween getups and never leaving her ever-expanding menagerie out of the fun. She offers priceless, behind-the-scenes looks at \u003ci\u003eMurphy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, from caterwauling with Aretha Franklin to the surreal experience of becoming headline news when Dan Quayle took exception to her character becoming a single mother. Bergen tackles familiar rites of passage with moving honesty: the rigors of caring for a spouse in his final illness, getting older, and falling in love again after she was tricked into a blind date. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time the last page is turned, \"we're all likely to be wishing Bergen herself--funny, insightful, self-deprecating, flawed (and not especially concerned about that), and slugging her way through her older years with bemused determination--was living next door\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCandice Bergen's film credits include \u003ci\u003eThe Sand Pebbles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStarting Over \u003c\/i\u003e(for which she received an Oscar nomination)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMiss Congeniality\u003c\/i\u003e. On television, she made headlines as the star of \u003ci\u003eMurphy Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won five Emmys and two Golden Globes. She later starred with James Spader and William Shatner in the critically acclaimed series \u003ci\u003eBoston Legal\u003c\/i\u003e. A gifted writer, Bergen has penned numerous articles and a play, as well as her first bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eKnock Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eA Fine Romance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50515343442194,"sku":"9781476746098","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c9f50893-cb71-447c-9cd3-fd5e278730c5.jpg?v=1731003231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-fine-romance-9781476746098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}