Intimate Audrey : an authorized biography / Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrer, Sean Hepburn, Author.

Holden, Wendy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993.

Hepburn, Audrey.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Genre:

Biographies.

Endpapers

Physical Description:

288 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"To those who appreciate her work and legacy, Audrey Hepburn was many things. She was a child survivor of the Second World War. She was a fashion icon who made the little black dress the symbol of elegance that it is today. She played a runaway princess, an eccentric socialite, and a nun struggling with her faith. But perhaps her greatest contribution to the world was as a selfless humanitarian in the final years of her life, proving that fear and trauma can be transmuted into kindness and art. For Sean Hepburn Ferrer, Audrey was also his mother. In INTIMATE AUDREY, he candidly recounts how the shy "girl from across the landing" became the star we remember and love today. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and excerpts from her personal letters, this book is an intimate portrait of Audrey: as an icon, as a mother, and as an altruist who drew on her own experience of hunger and suffering to advocate fiercely for children in war-torn and famine-stricken countries. Audrey shines in this moving portrait of a mother by her son; a lyrical ode to a visionary woman who continues to defy all expectations decades after her death"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Athenaeum copy: Illustrated lining-papers.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781538775073

1538775077

OCLC:

1531083345