Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life - Hardcover

""Shearer explores Neal's fascinating acting career and personal life, her marriage to children's author Roald Dahl, and her amazing dedication and bravado that has marked her film legacy." --Celebrity Caf " -- ""Thorough, engaging look at the life of Patricia Neal."" -- Great Old Movies ""One can see plainly while reading this book that it was a real labor of love. Anyone interested in movies as well as U.S. social history will treasure this volume about an extraordinary actress and lady." --Bowling Green Daily News" -- ""A rich record of a life, and of the time and places in which that life was lived." --Toronto Globe and Mail" -- ""A solid biography." --Washington Post Book World" -- ""Her life has had so many tragic twists it makes for compelling reading." --Variety" -- ""A tour de force biography." --Louisville Courier-Journal" -- ""Digs into the amazing first 80 years in the life of one of our national treasures.... Neal is still a great force of nature, and Shearer's book documents all her ups, downs, traumas and triumphs." --Robert Osborne, Hollywood Reporter, Reuters" -- ""Screen legend Neal's life was filled with tragedies and triumphs, and Shearer unveils an impressive portrait of the actress.... Readers of As I Am, Neal's 1988 memoir, will seek out this biography for more of the actress's absorbing and inspirational story." --Publishers Weekly" -- ""Patricial Neal has traveled the road from tirumph to despair in ways few of us can imagine. There is sincerity and dedication behind this work." --Paul Newman" -- ""Shearer delivers an inspiring look at the professional triumphs and personal tragedies that define one of Hollywood's legendary stars." --Des Moines Regiser" -- ""This impressively researched biography of film actress Patricia Neal covers an immensity of material." --(Salt Lake City) Deseret News" --

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