Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews
has played a series of memorable roles that have endeared her to
generations. But she has never told the story of her life before
fame. Until now. In Home: A Memoir of My Early Years, Julie takes
her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a
difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of
international stardom in America. Her memoir begins in 1935, when
Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother and a teacher
father, and takes readers to 1962, when Walt Disney himself saw her
on Broadway and cast her as the world's most famous nanny. Along
the way, she weathered the London Blitz of World War II; her
parents' painful divorce; her mother's turbulent second marriage to
Canadian tenor Ted Andrews, and a childhood spent on radio, in
music halls, and giving concert performances all over England.
Julie's professional career began at the age of twelve, and in 1948
she became the youngest solo performer ever to participate in a
Royal Command Performance before the Queen. When only eighteen, she
left home for the United States to make her Broadway debut in The
Boy Friend, and thus began her meteoric rise to stardom.Home is
filled with numerous anecdotes, including stories of performing in
My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison on Broadway and in the West End, and
in Camelot with Richard Burton on Broadway; her first marriage to
famed set and costume designer Tony Walton, culminating with the
birth of their daughter, Emma; and the call from Hollywood and what
lay beyond. Julie Andrews' career has flourished over seven
decades. From her legendary Broadway performances, to her roles in
such iconic films as The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Thoroughly
Modern Millie, Hawaii, 10, and The Princess Diaries, to her
award-winning television appearances, multiple album releases,
concert tours, international humanitarian work, best-selling
children's books, and championship of literacy, Julie's influence
spans generations. Today, she lives with her husband of
thirty-eight years, the acclaimed writer/director Blake Edwards;
they have five children and seven grandchildren. Featuring over
fifty personal photos, many never before seen, this is the personal
memoir Julie Andrews' audiences have been waiting for.
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