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"98 year old, "It's a Wonderful Life" actress and journalist Argentina Brunetti's bio novel spanning three generations of her theatrical family, meeting some of the most famous and infamous personages of their time, including Emperors and Kings, Presidents and Dictators, Movie Moguls and Mafia Bosses, famous opera singers and renowned scientists, plus movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and the present. Beginning in the late 1800s in Sicily, Argentina enthusiastically and colorfully recounts the fascinating, outrageous and sometimes perilous encounters of her garndmother and mother with Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, General Pancho Villa in Mexico, Enrico Caruso in New York, and Howard Hughes in Los Angeles. She tells all on many of the major Hollywood stars including Rudolph Valentino, Jerry Lewis and Ray Romano, as well as outlines her secrets to longevity, special diets and exercise. "
mario p. brunetti, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Hispanic/Latinic
Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
The Americas (not US):
Yes
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Is book humorous?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- Some in color 1-5
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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