Audrey Hepburn - Screen Legend - Fashion Icon - Stay at Home Mom
Audrey Hepburn would have been 76 years old this May, making it the perfect time to celebrate womanhood, motherhood and the Audrey Hepburn Way of Life.
(PRWEB) April 22, 2005 -- One is hard pressed to imagine Audrey Hepburn
making brownies and walking her kids to school, but for ten years she did just
that. Yet leaving Hollywood at the peak of her career -- she had just finished
Wait Until Dark, a film that would soon earn her critical acclaim and a fifth
Oscar nomination – to be a stay at home mom was the best choice she ever
made.
“It would be terribly sad, wouldn’t it, to look back on your life
in films and not know your children?” Hepburn said. “For me there’s nothing more
pleasant or exciting or lovely or rewarding than seeing my children grow up… and
they only grow up once remember.”
Hepburn’s own relationship with her
parents was far from idyllic. Her father’s departure at just 6-years-old, left
her in the care of a very Victorian and suddenly single mother - a relationship
so complex that How to be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life (New York:
Dutton, 2004) includes two distinctly different Hepburn philosophies – “Listen
to Your Mother” (p. 7) and “Love Your Mother Anyway” (p. 93).
A blend of
philosophy, biography and, of course, iconic style, How to be Lovely: The Audrey
Hepburn Way of Life, uncovers Audrey Hepburn, in her own words. By distilling
Hepburn's philosophies of life into headings like "Attitude is Everything",
"Wing It if You Have To" and "Live Without Regret," Hellstern showcases
Hepburn’s thoughts on everything from marriage to motherhood, careers to
friendship. Universal topics of concern the world over – happiness, love,
success, health, style and humanity – that strike a chord with women from age
thirteen to eighty-two.
While she is best remembered as a screen legend
and a fashion icon, Audrey Hepburn was also a woman who survived an absent
father, Nazi occupation, public divorce and miscarriages. Not to mention the
pressures of fame. Still, Hepburn consistently handled herself with grace and
kindness making her relevant role model for the ages.
While she would be
the last to say so, Audrey Hepburn was an expert in the art of being a woman.
Based on five years of research and enhanced by rarely seen photographs, behind
the scenes stories and the friends who knew her well, How to be Lovely offers a
rare glimpse into the woman behind the mystique and the definitive guide to
living genuinely with glamour and grace.
Through the wit, wisdom and
humor of Audrey Hepburn herself, How to be Lovely is the perfect gift book for
women of all ages.
What the reviewers say:
"You won't be able to
finish this simple little book without a tear in your eye and a desire to make
your own life more meaningful. Now that is a book worth spending time with."
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A breezy but sometimes insightful read, this
hybrid mini-biography/female empowerment manual goes down like a soothing tonic
for the 21st-century woman attempting to juggle life, career, family and, if
there's time, fashion."
—Publishers Weekly
In 2005, How to be Lovely
will publish in the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Hungary and Spain.
How
to be Lovely
The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life
by Melissa
Hellstern
$17.95
ISBN 0-525-94823-6
http://www.melissahellstern.com
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Group (USA) 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
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