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Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Audiobook, by Swoosie Kurtz Play Audiobook Sample

Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Audiobook

Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family Audiobook, by Swoosie Kurtz Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Swoosie Kurtz Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780698154766

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

12

Longest Chapter Length:

60:59 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

26:07 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

38:52 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Animating this remarkable memoir is Swoosie’s relationship with her equally remarkable parents. Her father, Frank, was an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman. He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to match her husband’s. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky, chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth birthday, lives with Swoosie. And Swoosie’s life has become a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to stay ahead of her mother’s increasing needs while navigating a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the other on Broadway. **Includes a PDF of a digital photo gallery   The critics love Swoosie Kurtz…. “Inimitable…one of the best comic actors of our time.” —USA Today “[An] expert comic actress…may just be the most seductive woman on the New York stage right now.” —Charles Isherwood, The New York Times and “full of surprises…expressive…devastating…unforgettable.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times

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About the Authors

Swoosie Kurtz, a multiple Tony, Emmy, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner, is a Broadway icon whose work also includes big screen blockbusters like Liar, Liar and Dangerous Liaisons, indie favorites like Citizen Ruth, True Stories, and Cruel Intentions and beloved television hits Sisters and Pushing Daisies. She is currently starring in the CBS hit series Mike & Molly. Her distinctive name comes from The Swoose, the famed B-17 bomber flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.

Joni Rodgers is the New York Times bestselling author of Bald in the Land of Big Hair, a memoir of her cancer treatment and recovery. The book helped launch her public speaking career and brought her to the attention of celebrities and others who began asking her to help them tell their stories. Between novels and ghostwriting projects, Rodgers volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and does peer counseling with other cancer survivors. She lives in Houston, Texas.