
- 400 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
' Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller ' ERIN KELLY Lynda La Plante has lived an illustrious life and has the stories to prove it.From her early days in Liverpool to her unexpected acceptance into RADA, joining peers Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt and Ian McShane; from beginning her scriptwriting career with Widows and Prime Suspect and becoming a BAFTA award-winning writer and producer, Lynda's tales of stage and screen will have you gasping in shock as well as laughing in the aisles.Lynda has an important story to tell, one of breaking down stereotypes and blazing a trail for others along the way. Starting her writing career in the eighties, an era of entrenched gender inequality both in front of and behind the camera, Lynda faced innumerable obstacles to her vision. Getting Away with Murder shows how she overcame them to create generation-defining television and become a multi-million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author. Still at the very top of her game, Lynda shares her story on her own terms, in a way that's guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and be inspired to live a life without limits.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Little One
- Chapter 2: Learning by Heart
- Chapter 3: RADA
- Chapter 4: Calamity Jane
- Chapter 5: Performance
- Chapter 6: Widows
- Chapter 7: Widows’ Revenge
- Chapter 8: The Legacy
- Chapter 9: Civvies
- Chapter 10: Meeting the Mafia
- Chapter 11: The Costa del Crime
- Chapter 12: Prime Suspect
- Chapter 13: Entwined
- Chapter 14: Civvies – The Return
- Chapter 15: Bars, Brothels and Broads
- Chapter 16: The Governor
- Chapter 17: Trial and Retribution
- Chapter 18: Star Turns
- Chapter 19: Lorcan
- Chapter 20: Catching a Killer
- Chapter 21: A New Chapter
- Chapter 22: Tennison
- Chapter 23: In My Prime
- Also by Lynda La Plante
- About the Author
- Copyright
- Plates