Let'S Just Say It Wasn'T Pretty eBook

I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's just wrong,' I tend to think she must be doing something right.

From Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourselfno matter what anyone else thinks.

Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. InLet's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, she shares the wisdom she's accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could writea smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty.

For Diane, being beautiful starts with being true to who you are, and in this book she also offers self-knowing commentary on the bold personal choices she's made through the years: the wide-brimmed hats, outrageous shoes, and all-weather turtlenecks that have made her an inspiration to anyone who cherishes truly individual style. She recounts her experiences with the many men in her lifeincluding Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Sam Shepardshows how our ideals of beauty change as we age, and explains why a life well lived may be the most beautiful thing of all.

Wryly observant and as fiercely original as Diane Keaton herself,Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty is a head-turner of a book that holds up a mirror to our beauty obsessionsand encourages us to like what we see.

[Keaton]is a warm and witty writer,...The bits about actors Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Sam Shepard are pretty fabulous, too.Harpers Bazaar

a smart, candid memoir about beauty, ageing and the importance of staying true to yourself.Brisbane Times

Diane Keaton is theNew York Times bestselling author ofThen Again, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by theNew York Times, People, andVogue. She has starred in some of the most memorable movies of the past forty years, including theGodfather trilogy,Annie Hall, Manhattan, Reds, Baby Boom, The First Wives Club, andSomethings Gotta Give. Her many awards include the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. Keaton lives with her daughter and son in Los Angeles.