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Read By: Rob Lowe Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781442367340

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

18

Longest Chapter Length:

57:18 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:26 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

25:12 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews).

After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are:

· His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub.

· The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother.

· What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show.

· How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles.

· His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents.

· How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture.

· His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got.

· The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend.

Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).

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“Actor Rob Lowe is comfortable, confiding, and charming in this follow-up to his well-received 2011 autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends. With his pleasant voice and conversational delivery style, Lowe shares stories about his creative successes and failures, his marriage, fatherhood, and his own personal growth…Listeners will be engaged, and a gasp-worthy revelation in the last twenty minutes demonstrates clearly just how much Lowe has succeeded in making us care.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “The audiobook offers the expected behind-the-scenes Hollywood sneak peeks, but with the added bonus of Lowe’s vocal impressions of his colleagues. His take on Warren Beatty is first-rate, and his impersonation of Danny Glover ordering everything on the menu is worth the price of admission by itself. This audio performance reveals someone who is (at last) completely comfortable in his own skin and ready to share his story, equal parts gossip and hard-won wisdom.”

    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “Actor Lowe follows up his Stories I Only Tell My Friends with a potpourri of observations and reflections about youthful indiscretions, celebrity tidbits, marriage and fatherhood, addiction and the acting life…A savvy writer with a quick wit, Lowe invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness.”

    — Kirkus Reviews
  • Incredible. … This isn’t your typical celebrity written book. This was a fun read and very well written, that’ll have you laughing and shedding a tear along the way.”

  • A wild ride of a memoir by Rob Lowe that will leave you amused, fascinated and ultimately charmed.”

  • [Lowe is] an interesting and perceptive writer.”

  • [Lowe] skillfully weaves stories together with common themes and a philosophical perspective. … Fans who fear he gave up all the good stuff in the first book will be pleasantly surprised. … Lowe’s candor and willingness to admit his flaws create an authentic voice. His easy writing style will hook readers who won’t judge his book by the handsome man on its cover.”

  • Lowe's self-effacing and straightforward assessments of his own foibles and weaknesses, combined with first-rate storytelling skills. . . .make [Love Life] still feel like a night on the town with a well-connected, charismatic friend with more tales to spill. . . .[I]t's sweet, and he includes very funny accounts. . . . Showing how well he can laugh at himself. ”

  • Lowe addresses his life with a welcome levity. This book confirms that Lowe is more than just a pretty face."

  • [Lowe] writes with perspective and humorous self-effacement.”

  • Not just pretty but witty and wise.”

  • [Love Life] is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales and has a general sweetness that some readers might not be expecting from Lowe.”

  • Engaging, relatable… entertaining and admirably frank."

  • A savvy writer with a quick wit, Lowe invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness.”

  • Lowe had been reborn as a winning memoirist."

  • Somehow Lowe manages to describe a visit to the Playboy Mansion and an unpleasant grade-school sleepover next to the manatee tank at Sea World with equal enthusiasm.”

  • If you love Rob Lowe, you'll love his "Love Life."…. His self-effacing humor keeps the pace brisk.”

  • The fact that his second book is every bit as engaging as the first proves his point. I’m betting he could do an equally fine job on a third.”

  • Lowe vividly depicts what it was like to be a 19-year-old Hollywood heartthrob. . . . As in the best celebrity memoirs and musings, Love Life is sprinkled with star power. . . . [Lowe] spills secrets and private thoughts with eloquence.”

  • Lowe is a gifted storyteller who uses humor and self-deprecation to draw readers in, and keeps their attention with fun tales of Hollywood behind-the-scenes.”

  • [An] easygoing but thoughtful memoir.”

  • An interesting read, and a page-turner. Lowe has an amazing insight about life and what is important.”

  • Love Life is just as genially and charmingly guarded as its predecessor. … [Lowe] is admirably self-aware.”

Awards

  • A New York Times bestseller
  • A Publishers Weekly bestseller
  • One of Barnes & Noble's Biggest Books, April 2014

Love Life Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Teresa Bahr, 1/16/2019

About Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe is a film, television, and theater actor; a producer; and an entrepreneur. He is also involved in politics and is the author of Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography. He lives in Los Angeles.