One from the Hart by Stephanie Powers covers her life starting from birth through the present. She grew up in Hollywood and worked through several marriages. Her marriage to William Holden provided the strongest emotional bond. His troubles with alcohol, rehab and relapses made the times when he was sober more special to her. He was at his best working on a Kenyan game reserve with Stephanie.
Stephanie strongly bonded with her mother who served as her adviser while she was getting started in Hollywood. She did not take her mother's advice and married Gary Lockwood a relationship that did not go well.
With in two weeks she and her Hart to Hart costar Robert Wagner lost their spouses. Natalie in a drowning accident and Willaim to alcohol related issues. She also had to deal with her smoking related lung cancer.
This account of her life provided a woman's perspective of an age in Hollywood covered with different vantage points by James Garner, Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis and Roger Moore. They started out towards the end of the contract system and made it on their own.
Connie Martinson interviews Stephanie Powers part 1 - Why she wrote the book
Connie Martinson interviews Stephanie Powers part 2 - Traveling with Bill
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