Tag: Marrying

The Legs Are the Last to Go Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way


Free Download Diahann Carroll, "The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way"
English | 2008 | pages: 297 | ISBN: 0060763264 | PDF | 3,5 mb
Theactress who broke through television’s color bar, entertainment legend Diahann Carroll tells all in her candid memoir The Legs Are the Last to Go. The firstblack woman to star in her own TV series-NBC’s Julia-Carroll displays all the grace, wit, style, and honesty that carried her to the top as she reveals intimate details about her career, her life, and her loves, including her marriage to Vic Damone and her torrid relationship with Sidney Poitier. The Legs Are the Last to Go is an unforgettable self-portrait and revealing Hollywood memoir at its finest.

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Notes from the Henhouse On Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing


Free Download Notes from the Henhouse: On Marrying a Poet, Raising Children and Chickens, and Writing by Elspeth Barker
English | March 19, 2024 | ISBN: 166802215X | True EPUB | 240 pages | 1.95 MB
A sharp and witty collection of autobiographical essays by the late Elspeth Barker-acclaimed journalist and author of the beloved modern classic O Caledonia.

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You’ll Do A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love [Audiobook]


Free Download Marcia A. Zug, Leigh Serling (Narrator), "You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love"
English | ASIN: B0CQ5L72GJ | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:46:00 | 220 MB
An illuminating and thought-provoking examination of the uniquely American institution of marriage, from the Colonial era through the #MeToo age
Perfect for fans of Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Traister
Americans hold marriage in such high esteem that we push people toward it, reward them for taking part in it, and fetishize its benefits to the point that we routinely ignore or excuse bad behavior and societal ills in the name of protecting and promoting it.

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