{"product_id":"9781615926848","title":"Susan Sarandon: Actress-Activist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first biography of Susan Sarandon highlights the real person behind the screen image, exploring her idealism, values, and combative spirit in the service of higher goals, while also celebrating her stunning film career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned celebrity biographer Marc Shapiro traces Sarandonfs life from her strict Catholic upbringing in suburbia and her early days of protest in high school for civil rights and against the Viet Nam War to her more recent involvement with women and children's rights in Nicaragua, the AIDS quilt project, ACT UP, the disruption of an Academy Awards ceremony to protest the internment of Haitians with HIV, and many other ongoing projects. Shapiro also discusses her first career successes through high-profile roles in \u003ci\u003eThe Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pretty Baby, Atlantic City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThelma and Louise\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as her openly unconventional relationships with directors Louis Malle and Franco Amuri, and actor Tim Robbins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo motivated is Sarandon by her convictions that she often chooses roles to reflect larger issues. She agreed to play in the film \u003ci\u003eDry White Season\u003c\/i\u003e to draw attention to the evils of apartheid, and her opposition to the death penalty resulted in her Academy Award-winning performance in \u003ci\u003eDead Men Walking\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the years she has paid a price for her activist positions, and supposedly she has accumulated a sizable FBI file. Nonetheless, she has proved time and again that she is always ready to speak out and act up whenever she believes it will do some good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo ordinary biography, \u003ci\u003eSusan Sarandon\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating page-turner about a sexy, alluring, and passionately committed actress who has broken every conventional rule.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139209117936,"sku":"9781615926848","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781615926848_p0.jpg?v=1769904206","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781615926848","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}