I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir

In this wonderful memoir, actor Grant charts her life from a childhood in New York City through her performance in Shampoo and beyond. In short vignettes (some chapters are only two pages long), Grant tells a story filled with innumerable twists and turns—from her wayward adolescence as Lyova Haskell Rosenthal to her early successes in the theaters of 1950s New York; her 12-year battle on Hollywood’s blacklist; to the reclamation of her career in the 1970s, while living in Malibu. Whether recalling the traumas of her first marriage to screenwriter Arnold Manoff or sharing entertaining memories of her famous friends—Marlon Brando, Mia Farrow, and Warren Beatty among them—Grant does so with a with a lively, approachable tone. Though famous for her achievements as a multi-award winning actor, director, and documentarian, Grant reveals herself to be woman unafraid of continual self-reinvention. These pages tell a gripping story full of drama, humor, and hardship, offering an intimate look into the singular life of one indefatigable protagonist. (July)