The Friday Afternoon Club - A Family Memoir

“What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne’s life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages.” --Anderson Cooper "Joyful, tragic, and resilient with a masterful, roving tone...Griffin takes his rightful place in a family and tradition of real writers.” --David Duchovny Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes,

About the author

Griffin Dunne has been an actor, producer, and director since the late 70s. Among his work, he produced and acted in After Hours, directed Practical Magic and the documentary The Center Will Not Hold about his aunt, Joan Didion. Griffin and his dog Mary live in the East Village of Manhattan.

Product details

• Authors: Griffin Dunne, Dunne Griffin
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2024
• EAN: 9780593833315
• ISBN: 978-0-593-83331-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Memoirs, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Autobiography: literary, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: writers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs