Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, And The Irrepressible Urge To Say What I Think

At her brassy best, Cybill Shepherd trumpets the candid, inspiring story of her roller-coaster journey from Memphis belle to irrepressible "Boomer Babe". No sanitized celebrity memoir, Cybill Disobedience will make news with its revelations about her heady 30-year Hollywood career. From her days as a late 60s supermodel, 70s film star, 80s Moonlighting icon, and 90s comedienne and role model on her own controversial and hugely popular series, Cybill, Shepherd has inspired millions of loyal fans of all ages. Now, she reveals intimate details from her remarkable odyssey: the painful events of her childhood; taboo teen lust in a Nash Rambler; her transformation from tomboy to beauty pageant bombshell; her stunning jump from queen of the cover girls to movie siren alongside Peter Bogdanovich, Robert DeNiro, Martin Scorsese, and Woody Allen; her torrid fling with Elvis at Graceland; her combustible relationship with Moonlighting costar Bruce Willis; the joys of motherhood and miseries of divorce; and the behind-the-scenes madness of high-stakes network TV. Few women in our time have led a more incandescent life, yet all women face the same challenges and crises that Shepherd has overcome with exuberance and style. Cybill Disobedience vividly captures one amazing woman's fierce determination to succeed and thrive in midlife -- empowered, independent, and at the peak of her game.