{"product_id":"will-she-do","title":"Will She Do?","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe is the curs cods  the terriers testicles  the business. I will go farther and declare that Atkins is thefinest actor appearing in theworld right now -A. A. GillWill She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham  born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress  who was determined to be an actress.Candid and witty  this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-mens clubs at six years of age as dancing Baby Eileen  through the war years in London  to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George   for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations. She co-created Upstairs  Downstairs and wrote the screenplay for Mrs Dalloway (for which she won an Evening Standard Award) and at aged eighty-six  this is her first autobiographical work.Characterised by an eye for the absurd  a terrific knack for storytelling and an insistence on honesty  Will She Do? is a wonderful raconteurs tale about family  about class  about youthful ambition and big dreams and what really goes on behind the scenes.Made a Dame in 1991  Eileen Atkins has been on American and British stage and screen since 1957 and has won an Emmy  a BAFTA and is a three-time Olivier Award winner; her theatre performances include The Height of the Storm  Ellen Terry  All that Fall and she has appeared in television and films ranging from Doc Martin to Cranford to The Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944891838517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0349014663","price":52.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780349014661.jpg?v=1769859168","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/will-she-do","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}