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What if..

by Shirley MacLaine

EntertainersBiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / GeneralHUMOR / General
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"Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What if--What if hope is the most dangerous emotion? What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldnt bump his ass so much.) What if our political leaders actually led? What if Downton Abbey was full of Americans? What if, for some reason, I couldn't be creative and work? These are just a few of the what ifs that Shirley Maclaine considers in her new book written in the style of her beloved and laugh-out-loud memoir I'm Over All That. In What If, she speculates on a wide range of matters both spiritual and secular, humorous and profound, earth-bound and high-flying, personal and universal. This is Shirley MacLaine at her most funny, acerbic, imaginative, and irresistible"--

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EntertainersBiographyBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / GeneralHUMOR / GeneralLarge type books

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Setting

United States

About the author

Shirley MacLaine

1934

Author

Shirley MacLaine

Pages

261

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

ISBN

9781471131417

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