Barbra: The Way She Is

by Christopher Andersen

Book Overview

"Funny, I don't feel like a legend."
-- Barbra Streisand

She is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva. Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the political dilettante driving to the barricades in her Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie mogul, the greatest female singer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060562560
• ISBN13: 9780060562564
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book, Funny, Entertaining, Barbra is such a character

I loved the book. The author has done extensive research, and I actually read the whole book which i think some reviewers here did not. I loved some parts like Barbra saying "Do you think I'm Bugs Bunny?" when she was asked to play in the movie "What's Up Doc?" Barbra comes out of it as a very colorful, intelligent and savvy person. That is my opinion, this is a great book on Barbra, if only all great singers were like her, their life would be more realistic and more fun.

Great fun ... read this book!

I had a great time reading Barbra: the Way She Is, and I think any Streisand fan would find the book absorbing. It is packed with great Streisand lore. Some of the juiciest bits have made headlines, but this book is much more -- it gives us a Streisand portrait that hasn't been retouched by myth-makers --a dispassionate look at a legend. Bravo Christopher Andersen!

Perfect Title

I found this book refreshing. All the Hype is gone and only what she is really like is there, all the Good as well as the Bad. It is well written and easy to Believe.

Great read!

This book is fascinating. There is so much I didn't know about Barbra's life and career and this really revealed a lot to me. If you're going to read one biography this year, read this one. I highly recommend it for long-time Barbra fans as well as new ones like me.

A FANTASTIC READ

I am a huge fan of Barbra Streisand's and after reading this I love her more than ever. Bought it and read it in 1 day...couldn't put it down.