Audrey Hepburn: A Secret Life

By Stuart J. Byczynski

This dark story of lies, intrigue, plots and counterplots deals with Nazism and Hollywood, with adoption, with child abuse, with the anti-war movement of the 1960s, with the ballet world, and with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155618168X
• ISBN13: 9781556181689
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Brunswick Pub Co
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Stuart Byczynski's book of lies

Stuart Byczynski wrote a convoluted story from a conglomeration of other biographies about Audrey Hepburn then added his own fabricated stores to claim the deceased actress as his mother. And the most obscene assertion the author made was that Audrey was a Nazi sympathizer. Because he didn't know that 2 of Audrey's family was executed by the Germans on August 15, 1942 - Her uncle Count Otto Gelder and Alexander Schimmelpenninck. This atrocity was an event that galvanized the Dutch against the occupying German forces and Audrey's hatred of Nazis. Then there is the obituary for Stuart J Byczynski published in the York (PA) Daily Record on June 22, 2017 which stated he was born May 30, 1947 in Baltimore, MD to a mother from Manchester, United Kingdom In fact, Stuart J Byczynski was the child of John and Ann Byczynski. Audrey Hepburn wanted children more than anything and yet, the author wants us to believe that she gave up her first born son for adoption. Byczynski went on to contrive many incidents purported to be attacks on him orchestrated by Audrey Hepburn. He claims that he wanted to publish this book while Audrey was alive, but waited for 5 years before publishing this book to avoid any suits for slander and libel and to capitalize on the memory of Audrey Hepburn.

Stuart and his mom

Read of Stuart Byczynski and his mom. Learn how a fine character has been shaped in the absence of a mother's love. Those of us who have witnessed infanticide and have seen the perpetrator parade before the public as a compassionate person view this biography as a classic. Actors and actresses take direction, whether the person is a minion or a monarch. The sometimes sinister side of their lives often is kept hidden from us. We see herein that whatever her personal shortcomings, Audrey Hepburn gave to us her most courageous son, Stuart.

Thought provoking - A real page turner!

Many people don't like to be reminded that abuse, neglect, abandonment are a sick reality in the world. If we keep a blind eye and want to live in a bubble we will deny stories such as this. Famous people are not gods, we are each individual and need to be aware of these awful atrocities against our own. I commend Stuart Byczynski for having the courage and fortitude to write his life story. A painful, yet truthful one of that.