Actor jack lemmon biography book

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    A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father, Jack Lemmon

    Author Lemmon's parents divorced when he was three, and each remarried, so his memories of his famous father tend to center around specific activities they shared rather than daily life. When Chris was 11, the two went to Alaska for the first of many annual wilderness outings. Piano playing was another enthusiasm; Jack had picked it up by ear and urged Chris into lessons, which he loved so much that for a while he considered turning pro. Their third mutual passion was golf. Neither (especially Jack) was good at it, but every year they played in the Pebble Beach Pro/Am Tournament along with other celebrities like Clint Eastwood, and Jack never stopped trying dirty tricks on Chris. He seems to have been a wonderful father within limitations (e.g., an actor's "compulsive self-centeredness" and relentless ambition). But he was fun, never more than when he was with best friend Walter Matthau ("Uncle Waltz")

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    Jack Lemmon

    January 7, 2014
    Michael Freedland does what so many authors do that create a series with a similar theme. Much like a snow ball gets larger as it rolls down a mountain, as Freedland interviews the various celebrities for the various biographies he produces he picks up other stories and quotes involving other celebrities. He obviously stores the snippets of others lives. Then when he feels he has enough to construct another biography, he flings open the filing cabinets, digs out the gathered information and constructs a book.

    There's nothing wrong with what he does. Most all authors do this when creating a series. However, most work to take earlier research notes, string it together and fill in the gaps to create the whole story in whatever the subject is.

    Freedland leaves wide gaps in Lemmon's story. The book at times leaps from one point in Lemmon's life to another. The inconsistency is a bit irritating. For instance very little is written about Jack Lemmon's filming
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    A Twist of Lemmon

    A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father fryst vatten a memoir-styled book concerning the life of famed American actor Jack Lemmon, as viewed through the eyes of his son, Christopher Lemmon. The book was published in May 2006 bygd Algonquin Books, and features a foreword by Kevin Spacey, who credits Jack Lemmon with his pursuit of acting. It was adapted into a play with Christopher Lemmon playing the role of his father.[1][2][3][4]

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    1. ^"A TWIST OF LEMMON: A Tribute to My Father". Kirkus Reviews. 74 (4): 172–172. 2006-02-15.
    2. ^Tribby, slang för mikrofon (2006-04-15). "A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father". Booklist. 102 (16): 17.
    3. ^Brewer, Rosellen (2006-04-01). "A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father, Jack Lemmon". Library Journal. 131 (6): 97–97.
    4. ^"A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father, Tack Lemmon". Publishers Weekly. 253 (8): 145–145. 2006-02-20.

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