Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played by Feldshuh, Tovah

Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played

This heartwarming and funny memoir from a beloved actress tells the story of a mother and daughter...
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Author: Tovah Feldshuh
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Language: English
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Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played by Feldshuh, Tovah

Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played

$76.63

Lilyville: Mother, Daughter, and Other Roles I've Played

$76.63
Author: Tovah Feldshuh
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This heartwarming and funny memoir from a beloved actress tells the story of a mother and daughter whose narrative reflects American cultural changes and the world's shifting expectations of women.

From Golda to Ginsburg, Yentl to Mama Rose, Tallulah to the Queen of Mean, Tovah Feldshuh has always played powerful women who aren't afraid to sit at the table with the big boys and rule their world. But offstage, Tovah struggled to fulfill the one role she never auditioned for: Lily Feldshuh's only daughter.

Growing up in Scarsdale, NY in the 1950s, Tovah--known then by her given name Terri Sue--lived a life of piano lessons, dance lessons, shopping trips, and white-gloved cultural trips into Manhattan. In awe of her mother's meticulous appearance and perfect manners, Tovah spent her childhood striving for Lily's approval, only to feel as though she always fell short. Lily's own dreams were beside the point; instead, she devoted herself to Tovah's father Sidney and her two children. Tovah watched Lily retreat into the roles of the perfect housewife and mother and swore to herself, I will never do this.

When Tovah shot to stardom with the Broadway hit Yentl, winning five awards for her performance, she still did not garner her mother's approval. But, it was her success in another sphere that finally gained Lily's attention. After falling in love with a Harvard-educated lawyer and having children, Tovah found it was easier to understand her mother and the sacrifices she had made during the era of the women's movement, the sexual revolution, and the subsequent mandate for women to "have it all."

Beloved as he had been by both women, Sidney's passing made room for the love that had failed to take root during his life. In her new independence, Lily became outspoken, witty, and profane. "Don't tell Daddy this," Lily whispered to Tovah, "but these are the best years of my life." She lived until 103.

In this insightful, compelling, often hilarious and always illuminating memoir, Tovah shares the highs and lows of a remarkable career that has spanned five decades, and shares the lessons that she has learned, often the hard way, about how to live a life in the spotlight, strive for excellence, and still get along with your mother. Through their evolving relationship we see how expectations for women changed, with a daughter performing her heart out to gain her mother's approval and a mother becoming liberated from her confining roles of wife and mother to become her full self.

A great gift for Mother's Day--or any day when women want a joyous and meaningful way to celebrate each other.

Author: Tovah Feldshuh
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 04/13/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.70w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780306924026


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2021
Booklist 03/15/2021 pg. 24
Library Journal 04/01/2021 pg. 69
Shelf Awareness 04/20/2021

About the Author
Tovah Feldshuh is an icon known for her starring roles as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in Golda's Balcony (the longest-running one-person show in Broadway history), Irena Gut in Irena's Vow, and the title role in Yentl; her performances in Broadway productions like, Cyrano, Lend Me a Tenor, Pippin, and many others; and her television roles as Helena Slomova in the internationally acclaimed mini-series, Holocaust, as hypercritical mom Naomi in Rachel Bloom's smash hit Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and tough-as-nails head of Alexandria, Deanna Monroe on AMC's The Walking Dead.

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