Book description
'There are always regrets in life, among them things we've done that
we wish we could take back and erase. I have significant ones that
will haunt me forever and which I hope I have been brave enough to
confront in this book' Jane Fonda in the preface to My Life So Far.
Now in her 60s, Fonda looks back over her life but also forward to
the future. With unflinching honesty she addresses, amongst other
things, her tragic and tortured relationships with her mother and
father; her lovers and husbands, from Roger Vadim to Ted Turner; her
passions and political views. The result is rare in its readability
and sheer page-turning force. This is a powerful account of an
extraordinary woman.
Born into Hollywood aristocracy in 1937, the daughter of actor Henry
Fonda and sister of Peter Fonda, Jane Fonda's childhood was marked with
unhappiness and tragedy. Her relationship with her father Henry Fonda
was never loving even though she followed his profession, studying
acting with Lee Strasberg in New York, then living in Paris. Jane
Fonda's award winning films include
Barbarella
,
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Klute
and
Coming Home
for which she won two oscars. Her credits, as film producer, include
Nine to Five
and
On Golden Pond.
In the 1980s she revolutionised the fitness industry with a series of
workout videos. Her political protests against the Vietnam War caused
much controversy in the States, and she continues to be an active
advocate on environmental issues, human rights and the empowerment of
women.
