In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles

About this book

Out of all the many stars and celebrities Hollywood has produced only a handful have achieved the fameand some would say infamyof Orson Welles the creator and star of what is arguably the greatest American film Citizen Kane. Many books have been written about him detailing his achievements as an artist as well his foibles as a human being. None of them however has gotten so close to the real man as does Chris Welles Feders beautifully realized portrait of her father. In My Fathers Shadow is a classic story of a life lived in the public eye told with affection and the wide-eyed wonder of a daughter who never stopped believing that someday she would truly know and understand her elusive and larger-than-life father. The result is a moving and insightful look at life in the shadow of a legendary figure and an immensely entertaining story of growing up in the unreal reality of Hollywood enhanced by Welles Feders collection of many never-before-seen family photographs.