DANCING IN THE LIGHT

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Now, at a turning point in her life, comes hermost revealing and exciting book yet. Outspoken,controversial, talented, and perceptive ShirleyMacLaine now takes us on an intimate and fascinatingpersonal odyssey. In 1984 she won an Oscar, starredon Broadway, wrote the best-sellingOut ona Limb-- and turned fifty years old. Atthis special time, in this special year, she wasnow ready to resume the spiritual journey she hadbegun in her early forties. InDancing inthe Light, Shirley MacLaine bares herinnermost self and explores the lives, both past andpresent, which touched and affected her own. Shesheds new light on her loves, her losses, herchildhood, her passions, and her inner drives andambitions. She asks poignant questions and findssurprising answers. She asks poignant questions andfinds surprising answers. She challenges her beliefsand confronts her conflicts. Ultimately, she takesus with her through a life-altering experiencethat provides a stunning new vision of herself, herfuture... and the fate of our world.

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Shirley Maclaine was born and raised in Virginia. She began her career as a Broadway dancer and singer, then progressed to featured performer and award-winning actress in television and films. She has traveled extensively around the world, and her experiences in Africa, Bhutan, and the Far East formed the basis for her first two bestsellers,Dont Fall Off the MountainandYou Can Get There From Here. Her investigations into the spiritual realm were the focus ofOut on a Limb, Dancing in the Light, Its All in the Playing,andGoing Within, all of which were national and worldwide bestsellers. In her intimate memoirDance While You Can, she wrote about aging, relationships, work, her parents, her daughter, and her own future as an artist and a woman. MyLucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoiroffers a candid and searching look at her forty years in Hollywood and the stars who taught her about show business and life.