Stare Back and Smile: Memoirs

by Joanna Lumley

Book Overview

The "New Avengers" made Joanna Lumley a household name - immensely popular (as much with women as men), intelligent and glamorous, she has through her journalism proved herself to be a fine writer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140109226
• ISBN13: 9780140109221
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.1" x 0.6" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

If you know only Patsy, you don't know Joanna!

Granted, the immeasurably-talented Miss Lumley will be forever associated with her inimitable "Absolutely Fabulous" boozehound, Patsy Stone ("...39, international beauty and fashion guru") -- but as much as we may adore Pats, Lumley's best-known role belies the fascinating and articulate woman behind the character.From her birth in India, through her modeling years in Swinging London, through an early small-screen career including virtually every British sitcom you've ever heard of, Lumley approaches both the adventure of world travel and the drudgery of trying to make it in the business with equal good humor, and a charming mix of eloquence and intimacy.Do not, however, expect a racy show-biz expose; while honest and earnest, Lumley is downright coy about romantic involvements (and quite tight-lipped about the birth of her son).And that, I am happy to report, is extremely refreshing.I haven't read the newer biography on Lumley, and I'm not terribly anxious to just yet; after all, Stare Back and Smile is straight from the source -- and I rather enjoy keeping an image of Joanna Lumley (not the actor, but the woman) in my mind just as she intended the reader to envision her.