A Way of Life, Like Any Other, by Darcy O'Brien

This book has been on my bedside for months (untouched!) after a voracious reader friend called it his favorite book he’s read in years— I saw it pop up in a New Yorker summer roundup this week which reminded me to get to it! Winner of the 1978 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel “The hero of Darcy O'Brien's A Way of Life, Like Any Other is a child of Hollywood, and once his life was a glittery dream. His father starred in Westerns. His mother was a goddess of the silver screen. The family en...