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Home Work
- A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
- Narrated by: Julie Andrews
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
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Summary
In Home, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. In her new memoir, Julie picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her astonishing rise to fame as two of her early films - Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music - brought her instant and enormous success, including an Oscar. It was the beginning of a career that would make Julie Andrews an icon to millions the world over.
In Home Work, Julie describes her years in Hollywood - from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she detail her work in now-classic films and her collaborations with giants of cinema and television; she also unveils her personal story of adjusting to a new and often daunting world, dealing with the demands of unimaginable success, being a new mother, moving on from her first marriage, embracing two stepchildren, adopting two more children and falling in love with the brilliant and mercurial Blake Edwards. The pair worked together in numerous films, culminating in Victor/Victoria, the gender-bending comedy that garnered multiple Oscar nominations.
Told with her trademark charm and candour, Julie Andrews takes us on a rare and intimate journey into an astonishing life that is funny, heartbreaking and inspiring.
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- Colin McIntosh
- 16-10-19
Completely Fascinating
Volume two takes us up to going back onto Broadway and I hope we don’t wait so long for the next volume. This one was very honest and much more involved than HOME (volume one). It’s a brilliant book especially as read by the author
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- Katylou 1966 - Cornwall
- 09-08-20
not enough Hollywood, too much domestic detail .
Disappointing. Too much detail of her domestic arrangements Became tedious at times. More about her husband Blake Edwards work than her own
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- Chris
- 22-04-20
enjoyable
loved and enjoyed listening to Julie Andrews narrate her own book absolutely brilliant and interesting
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- Josephrubelli
- 03-01-21
Remarkable work
Julie Andrews has been such a big part of my childhood. It was fascinating and very I try discovering behind the scenes of the sound of music and Mary Poppins and I very much enjoyed getting to know more about her personal life and what really made her the incredible woman and artist that she is today. Highly recommended!!
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- melbopp
- 29-10-19
wow she is a machine !
It got to chapter 11 and her kid had only reached 8 years old by chapter 20 her child was like 13 and she had adopted two more children. Holy smoke she packs into a year what I manage in 30years.. So many air miles, she must never have to buy a plane ticket again.
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- elizabeth
- 17-04-22
Highly recommend
Have now listened to both Home and Home Work and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of them. Julie Andrews character reminds me of Maria in Sound of Music and the mixture of her personal life experiences and how she dealt with them, and with fascinating details about musical theatre and the film world make for a great book. The experience is made so much more real and worthwhile by the fact that Julie Andrews reads it.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-03-22
A Superb enjoyable listen.
Julie talks about her family life and feelings from the heart. From her start on stage to Mary Poppins and onwards, her life with Tony and Blake and her children's relationships. Thoroughly enjoyed
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- s j jones
- 25-02-22
Very good
Loved listening to this book, it's nice to hear when actors and actresses narrate their own books
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-11-21
Boring.
Considering what a wonderful actress Julie is this is read in such a monotone voice that it is hard work.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-21
Amazing ⭐
Absolutely wonderful book and narrated so beautifully. Easy to listen to and hard to put down!
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- Kehinde Ruth Onasoga
- 18-05-20
Unexpected and thoroughly enjoyed.
Thank you for sharing your story. Your beautiful life’s journey. God bless Dame Julie Andrews
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- Bashful Reader
- 15-03-20
Absolutely blown away
It's no secret I'm a huge Julie Andrews fan and this book just gave such a different glimpse into our beloved actress life.
I learned so much, and my list of movies to rewatch grew.
Hearing Julie Andrews tell these revealing stories give so much more depth to the story.
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- Earbud
- 04-01-20
I loved this
This is a must have if:
You're re a fan of Julie Andrews
You're are a fan of Blake Edwards and or his movies
You enjoy Hollywood bio's
First of all, having the author herself narrate, is priceless. Secondly I was pleasantly surprised to find that Andrews talks about her familial and marital hiccups very honestly. So amongst all the wonderful and interesting events described, there is also insights into the difficulties in her life. This was richer and more enjoyable than Home, which I enjoyed too.
Because she consistently kept a diary over the years, her memories of movie shoots, her co-stars, her performances, the family dramas etc are fascinatingly detailed.
In talking about her adopted Vietnamese daughters, she also reveals the circumstances in Cambodia and Vietnam after the war, which was an unexpected yet intriguing facet of the book.
I must say, I just loved this, well worth the credit.
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- Elisa
- 16-11-19
Simply stunning
This book is gorgeous, Julie has so much class and kindness towards the world, thank you.