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Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
I wasn't a teenager at the right time to be smitten by Rob Lowe in his "brat pack" days. I came to admire him as Sam Seaborn in The West Wing, and loved his all-too-brief run in the British TV series "Wild Bill". Beyond those two shows, my only exposure to him was through his commercials for Atkins diet products. I picked this up at a Little Free Library recently without any previous intention of reading it, and it was a serendipitous find at a time when I needed something "nice" and unchallenging. This easy-reading autobiography (which only takes him to 2011) confirmed my impression that he is a talented actor, a funny guy with a heart, and a decent human being. He doesn't dish dirt, and pointedly leaves out names of "the innocent" in some of his tales. If you like him, you'll like his book. ( )
I started this book yesterday afternoon. Less than 24 hours later I am finished. I couldn't put it down. I'll confess I've had a crush on Rob Lowe since the After School Specials but I wasn't sure that translated into a good read. He's a great storyteller and he has some great stories to tell. I hope this isn't his last book and would love to see what he could do with fiction. And now I really want to go re-watch St. Elmo's and Outsiders. Yay Rob Lowe! ( )
I liked this way more than I thought I would! Very entertaining and he does some great voices. He has some of the most random ways of meeting other celebrities. ( )
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For my family: Sheryl, Matthew, and Johnowen. In memory of my mother, Barbara.
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I had always had an affinity for him, an admiration for his easy grace, his natural charisma, despite the fact that for the better part of a decade my then girlfriend kept a picture of him running shirtless through Central Park on her refrigerator door.
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Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
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