Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda

He's one of America's most recognisable and acclaimed actors'a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing during his 11 years on M*A*S*H. Now he has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. Yet Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only begun to grow. It is the story of turning points and events in his life that would make him what he is ' if only he could survive them. From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermist's shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death can't be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father, personally and professionally, he learns the hard way that change, uncertainty and transformation are what life is made of, and the good life is made of welcoming them. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, filled with curiosity about Nature, good humour and honesty, is the crowning achievement of an actor, author, and director, but surprisingly, it is the story of a life more filled with turbulence and laughter than any he's ever played on the stage or screen. Although it does list some of the famous women he has kissed Alan Alda's autobiography is no 'kiss and tell' catalogue, but a quirkily funny, sharply observed account of an eccentric family and a very dramatic life. This 2007 Arrow (UK) Paperback is in fair condition.

ISBN: 9780099493761 SKU: 1569087 This image is of the actual book.

Location: Film