At final: Streisand memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’ coming Nov. 7
By Associated Press
NEW YORK: Barbra Streisand’s very long-awaited memoir, a mission she has talked about for years, is popping out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will launch “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7.
“Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ she tells her story in her own words,” Viking introduced Tuesday.
“My Name Is Barbra” is also the title of a 1965 Streisand album and tv particular.
Publishers have sought a Streisand memoir for many years, with the singer telling Jimmy Fallon in 2021 that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis requested her to put in writing one within the early Nineteen Eighties, when the previous first girl was an editor at Doubleday. In 2009, whereas being interviewed by The Associated Press a few guide she wrote about her home in Malibu, California, Streisand talked about that she had been writing chapters about her life, in longhand.
“I go back and forth,” Streisand mentioned on the time. “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.”
The memoir was first introduced in 2015, and scheduled for 2 years later, though it didn’t have a title on the time. A reference to it on her web page, posted in 2015, was later pulled.
Financial phrases for the memoir weren’t disclosed. Streisand was represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington lawyer whose different purchasers have ranged from Barack Obama to Elton John.
Streisand, 80, informed Fallon that she had written greater than 800 pages, and she or he certainly has sufficient tales to fill them. She has met everybody from John F. Kennedy and Judy Garland to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney. Her movies embody “Funny Girl,” “The Way We Were” and “A Star Is Born” and worldwide gross sales of her data exceed 150 million copies.
Streisand has lengthy been cautious of discussing her personal life, together with her relationships with actor Elliott Gould and producer Jon Peters. Since 1998, she has been married to actor James Brolin.
NEW YORK: Barbra Streisand’s very long-awaited memoir, a mission she has talked about for years, is popping out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will launch “My Name is Barbra” on Nov. 7.
“Dozens of books have been written about Streisand, and now in ‘My Name Is Barbra,’ she tells her story in her own words,” Viking introduced Tuesday.
“My Name Is Barbra” is also the title of a 1965 Streisand album and tv particular.
Publishers have sought a Streisand memoir for many years, with the singer telling Jimmy Fallon in 2021 that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis requested her to put in writing one within the early Nineteen Eighties, when the previous first girl was an editor at Doubleday. In 2009, whereas being interviewed by The Associated Press a few guide she wrote about her home in Malibu, California, Streisand talked about that she had been writing chapters about her life, in longhand.
“I go back and forth,” Streisand mentioned on the time. “Do I really want to write about my life? Do I really want to relive my life? I’m not sure.”
The memoir was first introduced in 2015, and scheduled for 2 years later, though it didn’t have a title on the time. A reference to it on her web page, posted in 2015, was later pulled.
Financial phrases for the memoir weren’t disclosed. Streisand was represented by Robert Barnett, the Washington lawyer whose different purchasers have ranged from Barack Obama to Elton John.
Streisand, 80, informed Fallon that she had written greater than 800 pages, and she or he certainly has sufficient tales to fill them. She has met everybody from John F. Kennedy and Judy Garland to Celine Dion and Paul McCartney. Her movies embody “Funny Girl,” “The Way We Were” and “A Star Is Born” and worldwide gross sales of her data exceed 150 million copies.
Streisand has lengthy been cautious of discussing her personal life, together with her relationships with actor Elliott Gould and producer Jon Peters. Since 1998, she has been married to actor James Brolin.
