Baggage
Collins (Verlag)
978-0-06-243578-1 (ISBN)
There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art.
The release I felt in writing my first memoir, Not My Father's Son, was matched only by how my speaking out empowered so many to engage with their own trauma. I was reminded of the power of my words and the absolute duty of authenticity.
But...
No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritize it. I believe the second you feel you have triumphed or overcome something - an abuse, an injury to the body or the mind, an addiction, a character flaw, a habit, a person - you have merely decided to stop being vigilant and embraced denial as your modus operandi. And that is what this book is about, and for: to remind you not to buy in to the Hollywood ending.
Ironically maybe, much of Baggage chronicles my life in Hollywood and how, since I recovered from a nervous breakdown at 28, work has repeatedly whisked me away from personal calamities to sets and stages around the world. It is also about marriage(s): starting with the break-up of my first (to a woman) and ending with the ascension to my second (to a man) with many kissed toads in between! But in everything, each failed relationship or encounter with a legend (Liza! X Men! Gore Vidal! Kubrick! Spice Girls!), in every bad decision or moment of sensual joy I have endeavored to show what I have learned and how I've become who I am today: a happy, flawed, vulnerable, fearless middle-aged man, with a lot of baggage.
Cumming, Alan
Alan Cumming's many awards for his stage and screen work include the Tony, Olivier, BAFTA, and Emmy. He is the author of two children's books, a book of photographs and stories, a novel and the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Not My Father's Son. He is a podcaster (Alan Cumming's Shelves) and an amateur barman (NYC's Club Cumming). Find out more at alancumming.com, @alancumming on Twitter, and @alancummingsnaps on Instagram.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.10.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 435 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Schlagworte | 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 911 • Abuse • Abusive Childhood • abusive father • abusive parent • abusive relationships • acclaimed actor • Acting • acting career • actor biographies • Actors • alan cumming • alcoholism • Audible • Autobiography • bio • Biography • Bisexual • book country • British TV • brutally honest • Celebrity • Celebrity biography • celebrity essay collection • celebrity memoirs • Child Abuse • Childhood Abuse • Childhood Trauma • Crosswords • DNA Test • Donatella • dysfunctional families • emotional abuse • emotionally abusive • England • Entertainment Industry • Essays • Family • Family history • family mystery • Family relationships • family secrets • Fathers • fathers and sons • Genealogy • gifted actor • God bless • grandfather's life • Homosexuality • Horrific Childhood • husband grant • Jennifer Lopez • LGBT • Library • literary collections • London • Malaysia • Masterpiece Mystery • masterpiece theater • maternal grandfather • Memoir • Mental Health • Mental Illness • mentally abusive • mentally ill • moving memoir • New York • Non-fiction • ny times • Physical Abuse • physically abusive • psychotic father • PTSD • relationships • Scotland • Scottish • scottish accent • Secrets • spy kids • talented actor • talented performer • Television • television program • Theatre • Tony Award • traumatic childhood • TV Show • tyrannical father • Versace |
| ISBN-10 | 0-06-243578-7 / 0062435787 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-06-243578-1 / 9780062435781 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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