Shirley temple autobiography pdf

My eagerness to stand on my own feet must have stemmed from learning so early to dance on them.
(Shirley Temple Black, Child Star, p)

The life story of Shirley Jane Temple from her birth to the birth of her second child (and a touch beyond for framing purposes) is presented to us with a dry humour not unlike the narrator in A Christmas Story.

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There’s been a great deal of research involved and we get a panoramic view of all the events of the time whether little Shirley let them affect her or not (what her parents were doing, what the political climate of the time was, the Great Depression, racism and sexism in Hollywood, World War II, etc.).

Shirley gets a lot of guests at her little cottage at the studio so we’re briefly introduced to a number of celebrities stopping by to say hello, as well as priceless insight on them from a little girl who spent years judging people by how comfortable their laps were.

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