
Shattered Love
A Memoir
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 4, 2004
One of the most beloved actors of our time shares the New York Times bestselling story of how he learned to live with an open heart.
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- Who it’s for
- Fame, self-worth, and honesty meet in a memoir about learning to live openly.
- Themes
- Self-worth and insecurity, Honesty about sexual orientation, Finding happiness
- Pacing
- Reflective
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One of the most beloved actors of our time shares the New York Times bestselling story of how he learned to live with an open heart. Early in his career, shortly after rising to fame as television's Dr. James Kildare, Richard Chamberlain took on the role of Hamlet on the English stage. The play contained a lesson the actor has remembered throughout his life: "To thine own self be true." But for Chamberlain these were not always easy words to live by.
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Even as he won the adoration of millions of fans, this handsome, charming, debonair leading man seriously questioned his own self–worth, living a life haunted by personal insecurity despite decades of immense popular success in memorable roles in Dr. Kildare, The Thorn Birds, Shogun, and other television dramas. Finally, with the help of friends and guidance from spiritual teachers, including Krishnamurti, Chamberlain began the sometimes painful but deeply rewarding process of reconciling his deepest self with his public persona. Now, in Shattered Love, he poignantly recounts his lifelong struggle to find happiness. Tracing a fascinating path through his meteoric rise to success, he chronicles his struggle to come to terms with his own imperfections, his growing desire to be honest about his sexual orientation, and his yearning to live with an open heart. And along the way he imparts the lessons he has learned about overcoming our own self–imposed obstacles to happiness: the importance of listening to our own instincts instead of listening only to others, not demanding the impossible of ourselves, and allowing ourselves to explore negative feelings in order to move forward.
Public and Private
Fame, self-worth, and honesty meet in a memoir about learning to live openly.
Come here for
- The strain between public acclaim and private doubt
- Reflections on instinct, imperfection, and honesty
Expect
- A candid account of reconciling private self and public persona
- Spiritual guidance alongside hard-won self-acceptance
Where it sits
| LGBTQ+ Lives | 80% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Entertainment | 74% |
| Television | 45% |
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Publisher categories
- Art History
- American Art
- Musicians' Lives
- Lives in Entertainment
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- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- LGBTQ+ Lives
- American Plays
- Authors
- Richard Chamberlain
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 4, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-worth and insecurity · Honesty about sexual orientation · Finding happiness
- Reading lane
- Art History