The
Other Side of Me
A Memoir
by Sidney Sheldon
read by Mike O'Malley
I have always been a fan of this talented writer, but I had no idea how far his talents
extended. Here Sidney Sheldon bares his soul for us to look at the man beneath the glitzy
exterior. Here is a man, who at 17, worked at a drugstore so that he could steal enough
pills to commit suicide. After winning an Oscar for writing the screenplay, The Bachelor
and the Bobby Soxer, Sidney was diagnosed as being manic-depressive. While he is
indisputably one of the greatest storytellers of all time, his own story may be the greatest
and most dramatic of all.
I wish the memoir had told about his personal life in more depth. Along with his stunning
successes in nearly everything that he attempted, Sidney did suffer profound losses and
his share of failures, but his bouts of deep depression and sense of failure are hard to
understand in light of his accomplishments.
His inspiring tale, read by Mike O'Malley, tells of the determined boy who struggled to
break into the entertainment world, from a theater usher to struggling songwriter, to
writing Broadway plays and finally a top Hollywood screenwriter, and the creator of some
of television's biggest hits. Here he tells of his more than 60 years of association with
the Hollywood giants of our time. He eventually became one of the greatest of the best-selling
novelists, with over a dozen books on the bestseller lists, but this memoir only covers
his life up to the time he became a novelist.
What a fascinating man. What an engrossing life story. Here are six-and-a-half hours
of pure entertainment. |
The Book |
Time Warner |
November 2005 |
Audio Book, Abridged |
1-59483-096-7 |
Nonfiction/Autobiography |
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The Reviewer |
Beverly J. Rowe |
Reviewed 2006 |
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