The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan - Hardcover

In this moving follow-up to her 1997 memoir, Anything Your Little Heart Desires, Bosworth comes into her own as a memoirist. --Publishers Weekly (starred)"

[Bosworth] recounts the glamorous highs and frustrating lows of trying to succeed as an actress, offering juicy anecdotes featuring a large cast of the actors, directors, and playwrights who comprised the important men in her young life . A forthright memoir of pain and aspirations enlivened by sharp portraits of a host of colorful celebrities. --Kirkus "

What an emotional and remarkable journey! Bosworth is a dazzling writer I came under her spell years ago when I read her biographies. Now, in her new book, Patricia has reached into the depths of her adventurous, sometimes terrifying life, to tell us a story that could not be fiction too sad, too wildly happy at times, and in every way challenging. Bosworth tells us how it is live a life of creativity and beauty when the hard times come, and when the good times roll. She has lived through both and come up shining and brilliant. Read this book!! I loved it! --Judy Collins, author of Sweet Judy Blue Eyes"

Honesty in writing is rare and precious. In telling us the previously untold story of her extraordinary life, Patricia Bosworth has added an important testament to the history of women. I read this book with tears in my eyes and a smile on my face. --Erica Jong, author of Fear of Dying"

Graced with a talent for delving into the truths of creative lives, Patricia Bosworth has now taken the truth serum herself. The result is a powerful, gutsy, tender, and mesmerizing memoir, wherein Bosworth bravely restores her romantic past to the jagged intensity of the present tense. --Brad Gooch, author of Smash Cut"

In The Men in My Life Patricia Bosworth, who has given us such fine biographies of Montgomery Clift, Diane Arbus, and Jane Fonda, turns her lens on her own 20-something self, and on the men and women she encountered during those extraordinary years.The result is a moving, revealing, unsparing and enthralling book. --Amanda Vaill, author of Hotel Florida and Everybody Was So YoungAmanda Vaill, author of Hotel Florida and Everybody Was So YoungAmanda Vaill, author of Hotel Florida and Everybody Was So Young"

As memoirs go, this one is TOPS. Vivid, beautifully written, evocative and SO refreshingly frank about sex. --Andre Bishop, Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Repertory Theatre"

Looking back to her rampaging twenties, Bosworth chronicles how she repressed her grief and guilt, recklessly threw herself into harrowing situations, and embraced exhilarating opportunities, all of which she describes with stunning immediacy and valiant candor . Lush with tales of Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe, Gore Vidal, Elaine Stritch, Audrey Hepburn, and many more, and spiked with arresting observations about glamour and about toxic sexism and homophobia, Bosworth s riveting memoir brings the covertly wild 1950s into startlingly close focus. --Booklist (starred)"

You won t be able to do it for a while, maybe not for a long time, Gore Vidal warned the young Patricia Bosworth, suggesting she write a memoir of her charmed, tragic early years. He was right. She now has and it s a stunner, a searing, suspenseful meditation on acting, being, and the distance in between. Not every inner life can hold its own against the behind-the-scenes drama at the Actors Studio; Bosworth s steals the show. --Stacy Schiff, New York Times bestselling author of The Witches"

I couldn t stop reading this book. It s terrific. There are fascinating characters throughout, and so much glamour and excitement, but also loss and tragedy. That unsettling combination fuels Patricia Bosworth s amazing story. --Gay Talese, author of High Notes"