Isbn: 9780283073779 - once upon a time (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 512 pages. cover worn, text edge soiledFrom master storyteller J. Randy Taraborrelli comes the powerful and moving s tory of one of royalty's most secretive families. Grace Kelly was swept away whe n the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marr iage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars, she was exhausted b y the show-business lifestyle. If she married Rainier, she would be more than ju st a movie star, she would be Her Serene Royal Highness Princess Grace. Once in the palace, however, Grace found herself trapped in a fairy tale of her own maki ng. Forced to make sacrifices that cut deeply into the core of who she was as a woman, she would then surrender her desires and ambitions for her spouse and her children. Grace and Rainier may have been royalty, but they were also husband a nd wife, and parents--and, as such, just as vulnerable to the conflicts that can contaminate any household. Drawing upon hundreds of exclusive interviews with f amily and friends, ONCE UPON A TIME portrays its subjects with passion and sympa thy, revealing Grace, Rainier, Caroline, Albert, and Stephanie in ways both star tling and compelling.…