Présentation de l'éditeur
'For more than twenty years, Katharine Hepburn imparted many of the details of her life to me suggesting that I weave them into a book - one that would appear upon her death. Sad to say, the time has come to publish that book. But I find comfort in knowing she lived a very rich 96 years; and I have tried my best to honour her wish of making the book as true to her spirit as possible - as inspiring, as loving and as fun.' Scott Berg
KATE REMEMBERED is a loving tribute and a tender farewell that reveals an unusual relationship in a unique life, one fully lived - and largely according to Katharine Hepburn's own rules. More importantly, it sets down many of the stories of that life as she saw them, full of sentiments she felt should not be made public until after her death. Ultimately, this book is not only a story of the poignant final twenty years in which Scott Berg knew Katharine Hepburn, but also a tale of a great theatrical personality and the better part of the century that was the stage for her distinguished life.
Revue de presse
All in all, this is a peach of a memoir about one of the most fascinating personalities the movie industry has ever produced. Berg and Hepburn have a similar chemistry on the page to Tracy and Hepburn on screen. Kate Remembered is a worthy testament of Scott Berg's love for his elderly, captivating, solicitous friend'
Sunday Times 27/7
'Engaging... Kate Remembered... interweaves the story of her upper-middle-class New England background and her 50 years of stardom with vivid, often very amusing accounts of this spirited, eccentric, proud, independent, dutiful, considerate woman in old age. The general arc of the life will be familiar to anyone who's read the obituaries, but this book adds to what has been written about her and what she herself has chosen to write'
Philip French, Observer 27/7
'Berg.. is an astute and subtle observer, always willing to take a back seat while greater egos strut their stuff. The result is a memoir with never a dull page'
Daily Telegraph 26/7
'The great thing about this book is that it undoubtedly increases your affection for this marvellous actress... it if full of entertaining bitchiness as well as tenderness'
Sunday Telegraph 27/7
'In this revealing and intimate portrait...we learn of the real Kate' RED
'Very entertaining...Scott Berg is a superb biographer' Christopher Ondaatje, LITERARY REVIEW
Fascinating and revealing' THE LADY
‘This memoir – pacy, honest and gossipy – is a finely drawn portrayal of [Berg and Hepburn's] friendship and a tribute to an extraordinary woman . . . Berg entices us into Hepburn's world . . . What shines through this wonderful book is Hepburn's star quality’
Lisa Gee, Daily Telegraph 12/06
‘He [Berg] deftly combines a chronicle of her career and loves with sketches of her daily life in old age, rendering her vividly present in a ways impossible in an orthodox biog’
Guardian 26/05
'Wonderfully vivid . . . [Hepburn's] feisty intelligence comes through strongly: you feel as if you are in the same room as Berg, sharing her confidence' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Pacy, intimate and spiked with the actress's wit. [Berg and Hepburn's] conversations, polished into screenplay-sharp dialogue, reveal her terrific zeal for life' DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘ This intimate, touching collection of anecdotes and reminiscences sheds light on Hepburn’s relationships with Spencer Tracy, takes us through her roles and makes vivid her charisma.’
Sunday Times 25/07
'Gripping' The Scotsman
Biographie de l'auteur
A. Scott Berg is the author of MAX PERKINS: EDITOR OF GENIUS, GOLDWYN: A BIOGRAPHY and LINDBERGH, for which he received the American National Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, respectively. He lives in Los Angeles.
