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The paradox of fame in Minnie Driver's new memoir

The paradox of fame in Minnie Driver's new memoir

NPR's Book of the Day · NPR

May 10, 20228m 48s

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Minnie Driver's experience with fame has been what she calls "surreal." She's faced the paradox of fame: she wants to be seen, but not that much. In her new memoir Managing Expectations, the British-American actress opens up about the complicated relationships in her life, her childhood, her unexpected path to acting, and her experience as a single mother. In an interview with All Things Considered, Driver told Ailsa Chang that writing this book was an interesting inner-exploration and that it helped her understand many aspects of her own life – and her mother's.

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