{"product_id":"9780061862519","title":"Barbra: The Way She Is","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny, I don't feel like a legend.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Barbra Streisand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is a one-name legend, a global icon, the ultimate diva. Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the political dilettante driving to the barricades in her Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie mogul, the greatest female singer who ever lived, a skinflint, a philanthropist, a connoisseur and a barbarian, the woman whose physical characteristics are instantly identifiable around the planet -- the tapered nails, those slightly crossed eyes, that nose, the \u003cem\u003evoice\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven to the multitudes around the world who idolize her, Streisand remains aloof, unknowable, tantalizingly beyond reach. Until now. In the manner of his #l \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Day Diana Died\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Day John Died\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eJack and Jackie, Jackie After Jack, An Affair to Remember\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSweet Caroline\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Andersen taps into important sources -- eyewitnesses to Streisand's remarkable life and career -- to paint a startling portrait of the artist . . . and the woman. Among the revelations:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurprising new details about her wedding and marriage to James Brolin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew information about her many failed love affairs, including her never-before-revealed relationships with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's doomed lover Dodi Fayed -- as well as Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, Steve McQueen, Richard Gere, Kris Kristofferson, Don Johnson, Jon Voight, Andre Agassi, newsman Peter Jennings, and more . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA provocative inside account of what really went on between Streisand and Bill Clinton in the White House, what their relationship is like today, and how Hillary feels about Barbra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eFunny Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Way We Were\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eYentl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/em\u003e -- and in the recording sessions that produced some of the biggest hits in music history -- new behind-the-scenes details of the brilliance, the obsessive drive for perfection, and the Callas-sized ego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew insights into Barbra's relationship with her only child, Jason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you love her, hate her, or are simply spellbound by her titanic talent, Barbra is one thing above all others: a true American original.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078513049840,"sku":"9780061862519","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061862519_p0.jpg?v=1769888288","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061862519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}