Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier
Book release date: April 28, 2010
Genre: autobiography, memoir, entertainment,
Beautiful, bold, and bad, Grier burst onto the movie scene in the 1970s, setting the screen on fire and forever changing the country's view of African-American actresses. Revealing, thoroughly candid, and audacious, this no-holds-barred autobiography offers a tantalizing look at this screen icon.
Book synopsis:
Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin' Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown. Others may know her from her role as Kit Porter on The L Word. But that only defines one part of the legend that is Pam Grier.
Beautiful, bold, and bad, Pam Grier burst onto the movie scene in the 1970s, setting the screen on fire and forever changing the country's view of African American actresses. With a killer attitude and body to match, Grier became the ultimate fantasy of men everywhere. But she quickly proved that she was more than just a desirable film goddess. She had the brains, courage, and tenacity to sustain a career that would span more than 30 years.
In Foxy, she chronicles the good, bad, and steamy highlights in her life and career. From her early beginnings as a star in Foxy Brown to her Golden-Globe nominated role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, Grier reveals her hard-won battles against racism and sexism, her victories in Hollywood, and her relationships with Richard Pryor and Kareem Abdul Jabar. Here, we see Pam in all of her incredible roles-from army brat and movie star to cancer survivor and dedicated activist. Revealing, thoroughly candid, and audacious, this is a no-holds-barred look at one of our most enduring screen idols.
This book is broken down into Three Parts: The Early Years, 'Fros and Freaks, and Finding the Balance.
Chapters include:
- Chapter One: ARMY BRAT
- Chapter Two: MEETING MONSTERS
- Chapter Three: ANIMALS OVER PEOPLE
- Chapter Four: THE SUMMER OF FAILED LOVE
- Chapter Five: MOVING TO THE PULSE
- Chapter Six: LEW AND ALLAH
- Chapter Seven: BLAXPLOITATION BREAKOUT
- Chapter Eight: THREE STRIKES AND I'M OUTTA THERE!
- Chapter Nine: TRIAL BY LOSS
- Chapter Ten: FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE
- Chapter Eleven: NO MAN'S LAND
- Chapter Twelve: GOING BROWN: FROM FOXY TO JACKIE
- Chapter Thirteen: THE L WORD
- Chapter Fourteen: HEALING AND HORSE SENSE
Excerpt
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Author's biography:
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison films and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown. She is one of a few African American actresses to have received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in the iconic film Jackie Brown. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in an Animated Program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Ever Child. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second Greatest Female Action Heroine in film history. Director Quentin Tarantino, in an interview promoting Jackie Brown on Charlie Rose, remarked that she may well have been cinema's first female action star.
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