Full name: Me: Stories of My Life

Author: Katharine Hepburn Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780345410092 0345410092

Like listening to your grandma (your crazy, crazy grandma) tell you stories. Except that your grandma is Katharine Hepburn. Except that the stories are replete with digressions about that candy shop she used to visit as a child(of course, it's been torn down now), and that time she went to Italy with that writer and drove his Maserati, except she didn't drive and she needs glasses, and anyway, they almost had sex, but didn't, probably because he was eleven years younger, and also, she's decided to tell you this entirely in script form. Also, here's her recipe for currant cake. It's what separates us from the animals.It's kind of charming but also kind of horrible. And tedious. But I learned much more about Katharine Hepburn than I ever hoped to know, and it's made watching "The Lion in Winter" even more epic. Also, it's provided me with several new catchphrases. As Katharine Hepburn says, "FUCK THE ROOTS!"Upon re-reading this review years later, I can't believe I didn't mention this: much is made of her relationship with Spencer Tracy, while her relationships with women (ahem) are largely obscured. This is probably the greatest tragedy of this book. More stories about ladies; fewer stories about currant cake. Thank you. Similar books: By Myself and Then Some by Lauren Bacall Bring on the Empty Horses by David Niven The Elephant to Hollywood by Michael Caine The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven Haywire by Brooke Hayward My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn A Paper Life by Tatum O'Neal By Myself by Lauren Bacall Traci Lords: Underneath It All by Traci Lords Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli Walking in the Shade by Doris Lessing Child Star by Shirley Temple Looking Back by Lois Lowry After All by Mary Tyler Moore