I'm Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312251920 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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She talks about her breast implants and cosmetic surgery, her bout with breast cancer, her fidelity to her husband. She's back and causing jaws to drop as always! As bold and amusing as ever, Helen Gurley Brown, who made her mark in publishing history when she became editor in chief of Cosmopolitan in 1965, has written her first memoir, I'm Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts. Furthermore, she offers her thoughts on parents, adultery, office politics, exercise, food, marriage, affectionthe list goes on. Larry King, Frank McCourt, Joan Rivers, Diane Sawyer, and Dominick Dunne have also praised the book and toasted Brown for leading such a courageous and vibrant life.. While the subjects of her seven previous books have all been drawn from her own experiences, this is the first time Brown has concentrated on herself as the sole subject of a book and revealed the secrets of her sometimes shocking and always interesting life.In I'm Wild Again, Brown discusses several aspects of her life that she has not opened up about before. Never one to be shy or mince words, Brown doesn't leave any words unwritten, and the contents of her book "shocked, flabbergasted, amazed, irritated, amused" gossip columnist Liz Smith, who has seen almost everything
She also reveals a brief stint at being kept ("keptive") by a married man, and an affair with boxing great Jack Dempsey, among other romances. Overall, to use one of Brown's favorite words, it's only "pippypoo." 16-page photo insert not seen by PW. She's probably kidding when she calls exfoliating dead skin one of life's pleasures, but she is deadly honest about her diet ("skinny is sacred to me"), exercise regimen (two 45-minute sessions seven days a week, even now), breast augmentation, and battle with thin hair. Brown, who transformed Cosmo into a powerhouse, is a publicity pro who can still charm (though replaced in the editor's chair at age 74, she is still editor-in-chief of the international editions). From Publishers Weekly Never shedding the "Cosmo Girl" identity she created and perfected ov
Helen, you'll always be our Cosmo girl! A Customer Refreshingly candid as always, even regarding her unceremonious ouster as Editor-in-Chief of Cosmo. Read between the lines and who can blame her for laughing up her sleeve at her replacement's(Bonnie Fuller) quick departure? Ms. Brown comes from the old school where loyalty still counts for something. She's had a remarkable life and she(and her husband, David) continues to show that life isn't over at 50. Indeed one can thrive to the end. Dear Helen, hope you have a few more books in you.. Totally "That COSMO Girl" Helen Gurley Brown tells it like it was, and her life has been more interesting than any fictional character's. She really spills the beans about the way she was; she clearly is a nice woman who had her own code of morality. That niceness keeps shining through the details, regardless of how, yes wild those details sound. I'M WILD AGAIN is written in the same breezy style she made famous while putting the ailing COSMOPOLITAN magazine back on to the top of the heap, re-defining the magazine publishin. "The Longtime Legend Still Hast "It"!" according to Joy Olson. People react in strong ways to Helen Gurley Brown and her "Cosmo Girl" outlook: with rage at her success despite her often politically incorrect views OR with a sigh of relief at her wonderfully whimsical, life's-a-party attitude.Obviously, I find myself in the latter camp.In her latest candid memoir, HGB gets perhaps more personal that ever with revelations about tough times she's gone through (breast cancer, leaving Cosmo, assorted indignities of aging) with her usual unsinkable style, but perhap