Surprise -- I'm going to Miami -- Butterfly hair -- Other people's drugs -- Settling dust and the sound of crickets -- A weekend away -- You're it -- Here, there, and everywhere -- Sea-based incursion -- Daffodils.
Summary:
A memoir in essays from beloved actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn't. "In [this book], Minnie Driver's intimate, hilarious, and moving memoir-in-essays, the celebrated actor and captivating storyteller reflects on a surprising and remarkable life. Driver writes with disarming charm and candor about her upbringing between England and Barbados; her post-university travails and triumphs; shooting to fame in one of the most influential films of the 1990s and being nominated for an Academy Award; and finding the true light of her life, her son. Effortlessly charming, deeply funny, personal, and honest, Managing Expectations reminds us of the way life works out -- even when it doesn't." -- Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.