Oona Living in the Shadows A Biography of Oona O'Neill Chaplin
by Scovell, JaneFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-11-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary
Born into a family blessed by genius and plagued by tragedy, Oona lived in the shadow of greatness from an early age. One of the most exquisite and enigmatic beauties of her generation, she intrigued the public for decades. Now, in this stunning biography, new light is shed, at last, on the mystery that was...
Table of Contents
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| "Being Irish" | p. 7 |
| "This Is Gene O'Neill" | p. 23 |
| A Broken Aloneness | p. 32 |
| "It's a Goil!" | p. 44 |
| Little Orphan Oona | p. 55 |
| "A Hand Like a Prune" | p. 69 |
| The Good-Time Girl | p. 82 |
| "P.S. I Just Met Charlie Chaplin" | p. 98 |
| The Little Tramp | p. 107 |
| "I Am So Happy" | p. 123 |
| A Marriage Well in Hand | p. 137 |
| In the Limelight | p. 152 |
| In the Background | p. 161 |
| Exiles | p. 175 |
| A Muse Too Late | p. 188 |
| "Charlie First!" | p. 198 |
| Caviar and Hot Pastrami | p. 209 |
| Dear Lou ... Poor Shane | p. 220 |
| Out of the Shadows | p. 235 |
| Live and Learn | p. 244 |
| Lady Chaplin | p. 254 |
| The Lone Survivor | p. 263 |
| Christmas 1977 | p. 271 |
| Charlie's Widow | p. 277 |
| No Way Out | p. 284 |
| Like Mother, Like Daughter | p. 287 |
| The Curse of the Misbegotten | p. 301 |
| The Last Years | p. 310 |
| Epilogue | p. 315 |
| Notes | p. 319 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 329 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 335 |
| Index | p. 341 |
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