The first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep, exploring her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent. An intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school, through her early days on the stage at Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama during its golden years, to her star-making roles in The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Kramer vs. Kramer.
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ISBN:9780062342843
ISBN:0062342843
Physical Description:print regular print 293 pages, 8 unnnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher:New York :Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,2016.
Summary: The first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep, exploring her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent. An intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school, through her early days on the stage at Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama during its golden years, to her star-making roles in The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Kramer vs. Kramer.
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