The Importance of Being Barbra
Subtitle: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: June 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780312348793
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Contemporary popular music; Biography And Autobiography; Performing Arts (Specific Aspects); Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses; Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Biography; Singers; Streisand, Barbra; United States
First sentence: Fifteen thousand strong, rising for the fifthor was it the sixth?standing ovation of the evening, the Madison Square Garden crowd yelled out their song requests to fifty-two-year-old Barbra Streisand as she stood quietly in the spotlight.