Sidney Sheldon''s
latest offering is a must read for all his fans. Written in the style of one of his fast paced novels it
gives us an insight into the author''s childhood, growing up in the U.S.A. during the days of the Great Depression and his checkered career. Inspite of ups and downs he never lost sight of his great dream of becoming a successful writer. His life seems to have lived up to the maxim that "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Initially struggling to gain a foothold in Hollywood "where it all was" he started out as a humble reader, a person who is supposed to read all the story idias
famous movie
directors receive, and wite a short synopsis for the great men to browse through. He goes on to write screenplays for movies and many successful Broadway plays, some of them comic, others made of more serious stuff. he also wrote for popular television series. But the young Sidney longs for creative freedom, unencumbered by the demands of overbearing directors, stars and the great, rich and famous. The result is the Naked Face, originally rejected by five book publishers. Ultimately published by William Morrow in 1970 it sold seventeen thousand copies and went into second print. Although the author spent more on publicising his book, the very act of writing a book gave him such an exhilirating sense of freedom that he went on to write The Other Side of Midnight which stayed on the New York Times Bestseller list for one whole year. and the rest, as they say, is history!
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