Gracie by George Burns

BIOGRAPHY book by George Burns titled Gracie

Gracie

by George Burns


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ISBN: 0399133844
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Of all the books that George Burns wrote during his life, this has got the be the best ever. Whereas his first book, "I Love Her, That's Why" was about his own life and Gracie thrown in at the midpoint, this book is pretty much all about Gracie. Written 33 years after the first book, 24 years after Gracie's death and 14 years after the death of his best friend Jack Benny, it's a retrospective of a life full of happiness with family and friends and how much he missed them after all of them had died. Written when George was 92 (how many of us would be writing a book at the age of 92?), he lets it all hang out, even his and Gracie's uneasiness around Benny's wife, Mary Livingston. The last chapter of the book talks about the last few years of the Burns and Allen TV show, and how much Gracie didn't really want to act anymore but did, anyway, because of her dedication to George. He's clearly repentant that he forced her to continue her career through 1958, but admits that he wasn't as aware of her feelings as he should have been...it was all due to him and his business sense, not to mention the public couldn't get enough of Gracie, that their show lasted so long. The end of the book will bring a tear to even the staunchest of stoics (SPOILER ALERT: Gracie dies!), but in his own inimitable style George treats it with the dignity of a man who truly loved his wife. Hence, the title of his book.  - C. P. Gilmore


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