My First Five Husbands...And the Ones Who Got Away: A Memoir

My First Five Husbands...And the Ones Who Got Away: A Memoir

Rue McClanahan, best known for her portrayal of Blanche Devereaux on the Emmy-award winning series The Golden Girls reveals her life in and out of the spotlight in a laugh-out-loud funny memoir about love, marriage, men, and getting older that is every bit as colorful as the characters she played.

Raised in small-town Oklahoma in a house â€œthirteen telephone poles past the standpipe north of town,â€ Rue developed her two great passionsâ€”theater and menâ€”at an early age. She arrived in New York City in 1957 with two-weeks worth of money in her pocket, hustled her way into a class with the legendary Uta Hagen, and began working her way up in the acting world against the vibrant, free-spirited backdrop of the sixties. Thatâ€™s when she met and married Husband #1â€”a handsome rogue of an aspiring actor who quickly left her with a young son. Still, she was determined to make it on the stage and screenâ€”and in the years that followed, rose to the top of the entertainment world with a host of adventures (and husbands) along the way.

From her roles on Broadway opposite Dustin Hoffman and Brad Davis, to her first television appearances on Maude and All in the Family, to the Golden Girls era and beyond, My First Five Husbands is the irresistible story of one womanâ€™s quest to find herself. Rue is proof that many things can and do get better with ageâ€”and that, if she keeps her wits about her, even a small-town girl can make it big.

People always ask me if I'm like Blanche. And I say, 'Well, Blanche was an oversexed, self-involved, man-crazy, vain Southern Belle from Atlantaâ€”and I'm not from Atlanta!â€™â€ â€”Rue McClanahan
Country USA
Brand Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780767926942
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-09-09
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780767926942

Country	USA
Brand	Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780767926942
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-09-09
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780767926942

My First Five Husbands...And the Ones Who Got Away: A Memoir

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