Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible life.
When he was a young boy growing up in Bel Air next door to a golf course, Robert Wagner saw Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Randolph Scott, and Cary Grant playing golf together one morning--and it fueled his dream of becoming a movie star.
In Pieces of My Heart, Wagner offers a candid and deeply personal look at his life and career--his rise to stardom in the studiodominated Hollywood era of the 1950s; his relationship with mentors like Spencer Tracy and David Niven, and with friends like Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis; his decline and his resurrection. And he speaks from the heart of the women he loved: Barbara Stanwyck, a glamorous star twice his age; Marion Marshall, Jill St. John . . . and Natalie Wood. For the very first time he chronicles in great depth their extraordinary romance and bares his pain as he openly recounts its tragic end.
With color photographs and fascinating never-before-told tales and anecdotes, Pieces of My Heart is the heartfelt, remarkably revealing, and quintessentially American story of one of the great sons of Hollywood.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Middling Memoir:
Robert J. Wagner's "Pieces of My Heart" was a mildly amusing memoir. He spends much space rationalizing his mediocre film career, blaming bad roles on circumstances, not his lack of acting skills or training. Don't expect any great revelations about his marriage to Natalie Wood-and the explanation of their last days/nights on the "Splendour" leaves many questions unanswered, doesn't ring true, somehow...if you're looking for intense soul-searching, you won't find it here, but anecdotes about Hollywood... more info
What A Man!!:
I enjoyed this biography of Robert Wagner's life immensely & recommend it highly. He has led quite a life & known so very many famous people. There is quite abit about Natalie in here as well, which was another reason I wanted to read the book. I didn't realize that his first love was the late great Barbara Stanwyck. He writes from his heart & it's easily coherent to see that Natalie was the major love of his life. The book comes with alot of glorious photos from his early days through his... more info
what a life...:
Excellent book and an amazing life. You probably wouldn't believe it if you saw it in a movie..
Good Read!:
I listened to the audiobook version of Robert Wagner's autobiography. Mr. Wagner reads his own autobiography for the audiobook, and to me, that made it all the more special. Robert Wagner has always been one of those actors that I am facinated by. He is very handsome, charismatic, and a total class act. When I recently saw him on a television talkshow discussing his new autobiography, I knew I had to get it. I was not disappointed. Mr. Wagner not only talks about his own facinating life and career, but he... more info
