Handbook for an Unpredictable Life : How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)

An Oscar-nominated actress shares the previously untold story about her disadvantaged childhood and her successes in and out of the Hollywood limelight, tracing her relationship with the schizophrenic mother who relinquished her to a Catholic orphanage, the abuse she suffered in a series of homes and the fierce sense of independence that inspired her career.