Published in 1986, it was just a few pages shy of 700, filled with the strongly-recollected memories — and photographs — of a woman then 84 years old but with 17 more years to live.
This was the autobiography of a woman who overcame a ghastly childhood to become an award-winning, genre-defining film director, and her story, as told by herself, was one of triumph, hard work, being underestimated, and fighting to get her own way.
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