Book description
Of all the myriad stars and celebrities Hollywood has produced, only
a handful have achieved the fame - and, some would say, infamy - of
Orson Welles, the creator and star of what is arguably the greatest
film ever, Citizen Kane. Many books have been written about
him, detailing his achievements as an artist as well as his foibles as
a human being. None of them, however, has come so close to the real
man as Chris Welles Feder does in this beautifully realised portrait
of her father.
In My Father's Shadow is a classic story of a life lived in
the public eye, told with affection and the wide-eyed wonder of a
daughter who never stopped believing that some day she would truly
know and understand her elusive and larger-than-life father. The
result is a moving and insightful look at life in the shadow of a
legendary figure and an immensely entertaining story of growing up in
the unreal reality of Hollywood.
Chris Welles Feder has spent a great part of her life working in the
field of education and is known to many as a writer for the children's
educational series
Brain Quest
. She lives with her husband in New York City.
