Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
What Falls Away: A Memoir
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

What Falls Away: A Memoir [Large Print] (Mass Market Paperback)

by Mia Farrow (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


13 used from £0.01
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (First Edition, First Impression) 7 used & new from £7.63
Paperback £12.99 £12.99 9 used & new from £10.22
Audio Download (Unabridged) £16.47 £11.53

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Wishful Drinking

Wishful Drinking

by Carrie Fisher
3.2 out of 5 stars (13)  £4.38
The Apartment [DVD] [1960]

The Apartment [DVD] [1960]

DVD ~ Jack Lemmon
4.9 out of 5 stars (20)  £4.88
Goddess: The Secret Lives Of Marilyn Monroe

Goddess: The Secret Lives Of Marilyn Monroe

by Anthony Summers
4.5 out of 5 stars (15)  £6.49
Shelley II: The Middle of My Century

Shelley II: The Middle of My Century

by Shelley Winters
Hannah And Her Sisters [DVD] [1986]

Hannah And Her Sisters [DVD] [1986]

DVD ~ Mia Farrow
4.2 out of 5 stars (8)  £4.48
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553564668
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553564662
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 743,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
mia farrow
good mom

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A glamorous, surprising, fascinating life, 11 Aug 2005
By Kona (Emerald City) - See all my reviews
(TOP 50 REVIEWER)      
This review is from: What Falls Away (Paperback)
Mia Farrow was born into a privileged Hollywood family. She adored her famous director father, but he was cold and aloof, and died when Mia was young. By 20, she was a TV and movie star, and Mrs. Frank Sinatra. A few years later, she married conductor Andre Previn. By the time she met Woody Allen, she had a large biological and adopted family; Woody disliked the children and was openly contemptuous of them. He was often distant and abusive to Mia as well, although she starred in 13 of his movies. The appalling revelation of Woody's affair with one of Mia's daughters and molestation of another, made the last part of the book truly horrific.

The events of Mia's life were dramatic and mesmerizing, with an endless parade of the rich and famous. From her childhood, she tried desperately to please the men in her life, to gain the strength through them, at the expense of her own self-esteem. She finally found the happiness she was seeking in her role as mother to her 14 children. It is an absorbing and moving story.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 17 Dec 2008
This review is from: What Falls Away (Paperback)
I found this biography fascinating; right from Mia's Hollywood childhood, through her relationship with Frank Sinatra (he certainly wasn't a saint was he?) and her subsequent relationships with Andre Previn and Woody Allen.

I could never figure out how Woody Allen and Mia Farrow came together and still can't. The last few chapters of the book detail the relevations of Woody's distaste for family life, his obsessive interest in Dylan, and the revelation of his affair with his step-daughter. He is revealed to be a highly paranoid, self obsessed individual.

Despite this, I didn't feel that Mia came across as bitter; just a woman with a great capacity for love and family.

'What Falls Away' is a great book and one I'm always happy to recommend.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject














i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.