Past Imperfect: An Autobiography

by Joan Collins

Book Overview

The beautiful, talented actress recounts her professional and personal life, from her childhood in England, through her three broken marriages and love affairs, to her daughter's accident and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671473603
• ISBN13: 9780671473600
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great book!

Joan really knows how to keep your attention as she did with this book. I couldn't put it down. Through her rough times and her good times, it's all in this wonderful page turner and I highly recommend it.

joan is perfect!!!

i've read this book countless times and it always moves me, joan certainly is a wonderful writer, who clearly understands the art of "tell all books" she is pretty open and honest when it comes to her life, her failures and her successes, i don't know why it took me so long to write a review, but when i saw the many pans i had to stick up for my girl, joan if you ever read this review, i want you to know that your book really helped me during a difficult time in my life, and thank you for writing it!

Past Imperfect: An Enjoyable Glossy Memoir

This autobiography, first written by the effervescent Collins in 1978 before being updated in 1984, is a great showbiz memoir. The best word to describe this book is breezy...going at lightning speed from London to Hollywood to the jet set hideaways of Europe back to the glittering lights of LA Collins dishes on everything from husbands (3 failed ones), clothes (couture of course), children (3 darling ones) and career (a roller coaster). With a gritty take on her life Collins is refreshingly frank in this book, bridging the gap between kiss and tell all and a manifesto of sorts. Sharply written and fantastically photographed this book is the Collins standard. As always she'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

Outrageous Autobiography.

'Past Imperfect' follows Joan's childhood, her swift transition into an international sex symbol... from Hollywood to Europe and back, three broken marriages, the struggle to save her daughter's life & her many love affairs. Films, glamour, fashion... Joan Collins remains one of the most beautiful and sexy lady of showbiz!