A Fine Romance

Publisher Marketing: In the follow-up to "Knock Wood"--her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography" ("The New York Times")--Candice Bergen shares the big events: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, "Murphy Brown," widowhood, falling in love again, and watching her daughter blossom. "A Fine Romance" begins with Bergen's charming first husband, French director Louis Malle, whose huge appetite for life broadened her horizons and whose occasional darkness never diminished their love for each other. But her real romance begins when she discovers overpowering love for her daughter after years of ambivalence about motherhood. As Chloe grows up, Bergen finds her comic genius in the biggest TV role of the 80s, "Murphy Brown," and makes unwanted headlines when Dan Quayle pulls her into the 1992 presidential campaign. Fifteen years into their marriage, Malle is diagnosed with cancer, and Candice is unflinching in describing her and Chloe's despair over his death. But after years of widowhood, she feels the sweet shock of finding a different kind of soulmate. Candice takes us through the first years of her new marriage and shares the bittersweetness of watching Chloe leave home and flourish--and the comedy of a losing battle against those damn wrinkles and extra pounds. A natural writer, Candice is hilarious, brutally honest, down-to-earth, and wise. She may be a beautiful Hollywood actress with a charmed life, but Candice is someone who can talk frankly about extraordinary events. Listeners will feel like they've just made a best friend. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2014 pg. 64 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2015 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/26/2014 pg. 89 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 85 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 18 (EAN 9780684808277, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Bergen, Candice Candice Bergen's film credits include "The Sand Pebbles", "Carnal Knowledge", "Starting Over "(for which she received an Oscar nomination)", "and "Miss Congeniality". On television, she made headlines as the tough-talking broadcast journalist and star of "Murphy Brown", for which she won five Emmys and two Golden Globes. She later starred with James Spader and William Shatner in the critically acclaimed series "Boston Legal".