Lowe tells us the story of his life so far, holds nothing back and seems to omit details only when it might otherwise hurt someone who is, or has been close to him. It is my favorite audiobook so far, out of 10 or so, due to both excellent performance by Lowe as a narrator and his brilliant storytelling. This was to be my first of many books here on Audible. Admittedly Lowe had never rated that highly on my radar, but I noticed it had a solid star rating and decided to investigate further. I bumped into Lowe's autobiography while browsing for 80s cinema related books on Amazon. I say surprisingly brilliant, but I had seen the customer ratings and read a couple of reader reviews so it may not have been a total surprise. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last 25 years. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the 80s, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics, both on the set and in the actual White House. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. Teen idol at 15, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-1970s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

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