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Learn moreJulia Roberts represents a return to the glamour of the great Hollywood stars of another era. Fans flock to her movies, and she’s a staple cover subject of People magazine and every entertainment show imaginable. But her real life has only been seen in tabloid glimpses—until now.
James Spada goes back to Julia’s beginnings in Athens, Georgia, to unearth fascinating facts about her family and her early dating life. He follows her career from movie to movie—both on screen and behind the screen—to show fans what the private face of Julia really is.
As an artist, Julia has changed dramatically from the talented but sheltered girl who found fame in the independent film Mystic Pizza to an Oscar-winning actress capable of taking on the toughest roles. As a person, she’s grown from a skittish and gangly girl moving through relationships with costars to become an assured woman making her own bold decisions about how to live her life.
Julia will delight fans with its level of detail and fresh information, as well as its thoughtfulness about the life and career of a truly vibrant and complex star.
James Spada is a writer and photographer who has written internationally bestselling biographies of Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Princess Grace of Monaco. He has also compiled pictorial biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Redford, and Jane Fonda, among others. He lives near Boston.
Ellen Archer has narrated numerous audiobooks and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an actress, and singer with a degree in opera performance from the Boston Conservatory. She has performed extensively on the New York stage and in regional theaters.
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“According to Spada…duality makes [Julia] an intriguing but unsympathetic character…[readers are] likely to become caught up in Spada’s incisive portrait of her personal and professional tribulations.”
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