Behind The Shoulder Pads – Tales I Tell My Friends: The captivating, candid and hilarious new memoir from legendary actress and Sunday Times bestselling author
£14.20£20.90 (-32%)
‘I’m lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I’ve had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you’ve got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my shoulder pads. Until now! So, read on for the tales I tell my friends . . .’
In her new book, Dame Joan Collins returns in dazzling form to share the most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the limelight. Taking us on an incredible journey from her early years as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of St Tropez to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years.
Joan writes movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie, delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships, and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of household names, including the late Queen Elizabeth, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly entertaining tour de force bound to delight and shock in equal measures.
Hilarious, intimate and completely spellbinding, Joan invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories she had previously reserved for her closest of friends.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Seven Dials (28 Sept. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1399609963 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1399609968 |
| Dimensions | 16 x 3.6 x 23.6 cm |
by Colourtherapist
Joan’s tales. Some interesting, most funny, but heard it before.
by David John Vautier
Read all her books to much repetition
by Owen M Hoy
Lovely true story !!!
by Mark Robinson
Joan Collins at her best
by Bjorn Andre Widvey
If you have read anything written by Joan Collins before, books and articles included, there is nothing new in this book.
Only difference is, you get different versions of some of the same stories in this book.
Leaves you wondering which ones are the real ones…
by john
i have liked joan all my life and her memories are allways facinating to read.
by Suze
I’ve read her other books and enjoyed them and the subtitle “tales I tell my friends” made me think Dame Joan might be about to spill the beans on stars she has hitherto kept quiet about. So Ive been looking forward to getting this book.
She doesn’t spill any beans. The stories in this one are all a bit boring.
Joan has a quick wit, but none of that really comes over in this.
The book feels like a huge tribute to her husband Percy TBH.
I wanted behind the scenes tales from her decades in showbiz.
There aren’t any.
Save your money.
There aren’t even any photos in it.
Very disappointed and it has only taken a few hours to read.
by L. Martin
Very disappointed that there are no photos in the book.