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Can I read The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: a Memoir on EtoBox?
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: a Memoir by Paul Newman is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: a Memoir about?
In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman’s family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor’s life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman’s voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices—from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston—that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman’s often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and
Who reads The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: a Memoir?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Paul Newman
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (2,279 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14