{"product_id":"2940170479832","title":"Love Life","description":"Actor, producer, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Rob Lowe offers up a collection of personal stories in an honest and celebratory memoir about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and son, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActor Rob Lowe is an entertaining raconteur whose bestselling first book, \u003ci\u003eStories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed as \"self-deprecatingly funny\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"thoroughly entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) and earned the author the cover of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLove Life \u003c\/i\u003eserves up another delicious selection of intimate stories and observations from Lowe's life, told with humor, warmth, and brutal honesty. After writing his acclaimed debut effort, Lowe felt he had more stories to share and many more friends to introduce. The result is a touching memoir about the business and craft of acting, the pitfalls of success, family, love, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAmong the many adventures Lowe describes in \u003ci\u003eLove Life\u003c\/i\u003e are what it's like in the trenches as both the star and producer of a flop TV show; how a visit, as a twenty year old, to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion led to a surprise in the hot tub; how an actor prepares for a role, as well as the practical, boots-on-the-ground details no drama or film school would \u003ci\u003eever \u003c\/i\u003eteach you. You'll delight at the hilarious account of the time a major movie star stole his girlfriend, and of coaching a kid's basketball team dominated by omnipresent helicopter parents. The story of coming to terms with his son's departure to college for the education his father never got will touch anyone with a family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBuilding on \u003ci\u003eStories I Only Tell My Friends, Love Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the literary equivalent of returning to a favorite restaurant to savor a completely different, delicious new dish. If you love life, you'll love this book.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115374362864,"sku":"2940170479832","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170479832_p0.jpg?v=1763710513","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170479832","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}