High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly Audiobook

" This is the second book I have read about Her Serene Highness Princess Grace Kelly Grimaldi. Unfortunately, this book was more serious than I anticipated. For some reason, the author vowed to not publish the book until 25 years after her death. I wasn't quite sure why he vowed this since there was no "Eureka!!" moment, but alas. The book chronicles Grace's rise and short career as a Hollywood Best Actress. There were a few funny tidbits about Grace that I never knew such as she had very poor vision and couldn't see much unless she wore her glasses. (This is funny to me since most people thought she was an icy-cold woman, but in fact, she was just blind!) I was disheartened that the book mostly focused on her acting career than her life as HSH in Monaco. "

" Honetstly, not the best written book I have read but written as only a friend could write it: full of interesting insights, admiring commentary, and facts about this truly charming, intelligent and independent woman. As I have always admired Princess Grace for her beauty and acting talent it was wonderful to find that she was a 360 degree person who gave so much to her adopted country, her children and, ultimately, each of us. There was wit, wisdom and wonder behind all the Hollywood hype and she was taken from all of us way too soon. "

" Dealt mostly with Hollywood years..I would have like a little more of her Monaco years. Overall, a good read. "

" This was my 2nd beach read which was chosen for my Aug book club. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Grace Kelly; I now want to get to the library to pick up some of her movies! Her connection to Philadelphia and how much Philadelphians are linked to the theatre/movies was very interesting as well. "

" Short book, heavy on Grace's movie years and very light on her married years. As a tell all, not so much but she certainly had a lot of boyfriends before becoming Princess Grace. It is clear that she thought she would continue making films after having children but the Prince was definitely not. Guess who won. "

" When I finished this book I felt like I was very versed on the HISTORY of Grace Kelly, without still really knowing much about who she was in personal sense. I think a good biogrpahy should do the latter. This book was dry, dry, dry with a hidden interesting story here or there. "

" Interesting book on her life. What a beautiful woman, inside & out. "

" It was informative about her early life and movie career. It didn't focus so much on her later life. I would have liked more detail about that. "

" My hidden addiction is biographies of Hollywood stars from early film days. This particular one was a bit of a disappointment as Kelly's movie career was very brief. "

" Entertaining and enlightening. I have great respect for this admirable lady. Now I want to track down a few of the movies I never saw before that she made. "

" More focused on Grace the actress than Grace the woman. Author managed to use eponymous as an adjective more than 20 times. Come on, Donald shake it up a bit. "

" Grace Kelly was a movie star when I was a teenager and I thought her then as now the epitome of beauty. This book shows there was something worthwhile inside. "

" Very interesting read. Learned a lot about Grace. "

" An interesting read, but like most celebrity biographies, there is a little too much fawning and an understandable distance between the writer and the subject. It is too bad we will never have Grace Kelly's story in her own hand. "

" Nothing new, but a good read. "

" I don't typically read many biographies, but I enjoyed learning more about Grace Kelly. She had a fascinating life (both in and out of the movie industry), and reading about it made me more interested in an era of Hollywood that I know little about. "

" i "read" this book on playaway. engaging narrator. an interesting read. "

" Non fiction is a struggle for me... But I loved the beginning of this book. I got lost and skimmed a lot about her movie career... Which was an enormous chunk of the book.... Even though she only performed in 11 movies. "

" The author promised Grace Kelly he would not write this book until twenty five years after her death. But I'm darned if I can figure out what great secret he was holding back. I think she was a lovely person and he is respectful. But somehow I think there was more going on there. "

" It's the first eBook that I read on my Nook. It was an interesting biography, a light quick read, as compared to many other biographies "

" A really nice biography of actress/princess/humanitarian Grace Kelly. Well written by someone who actually knew her. "

" I would have to say that Donald Spoto is THE BEST biography writer I've ever read. He writes engagingly and you can follow right along with the life of Grace Kelly. Although it got a little monotonous after 150 pages, like all bios, I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Grace Kelly! "

" Bored. Totally bored. I am not so into movie stars anyways, so this didn't do it for me. "

" This was a Book Club choice or I might not have finished it. I enjoyed part of it but most of it was dry facts with very little to flesh it out. Almost the entire book was leading up to her becoming the Princess of Monaco which disappointed me as I wanted to learn more about that part of her life. "

" I don't typically read many biographies, but I enjoyed learning more about Grace Kelly. She had a fascinating life (both in and out of the movie industry), and reading about it made me more interested in an era of Hollywood that I know little about. "

" Grace Kelly was a movie star when I was a teenager and I thought her then as now the epitome of beauty. This book shows there was something worthwhile inside. "

" A really nice biography of actress/princess/humanitarian Grace Kelly. Well written by someone who actually knew her. "

" goodreads should add a category of "listened". I quite enjoy CD books, esp biographies. This one was nicely done, enjoyable to hear, & left me wanting to watch HSH's movies. "

" Nothing new, but a good read. "

" My hidden addiction is biographies of Hollywood stars from early film days. This particular one was a bit of a disappointment as Kelly's movie career was very brief. "

" I wish I had known more about Kelly prior to this--this goes on and on about her movies, and not much about her marriage. I would have loved more photos of her, both in her career and her private life. "

" Not much here is new but it is a breezy read about a real American princess. "

" Even last month's Vanity Fair article on Grace Kelly was a better read than Donald Spoto's book. If you want to read a series of old movie reviews, and not much about Kelly's life, then this book is for you. Otherwise, don't waste your time. "