In this powerful follow-up to her New York Times
bestselling memoir, A Paper Life, Academy
Award®-winning actress Tatum O?Neal
returns with an extraordinary chronicle of family, forgiveness,
redemption, and commitment?a remarkable story told with honesty,
humility, determination, and above all . . . love
The golden child of a glamorous Hollywood couple, Tatum O?Neal
had a childhood that looked, from the outside, to be fairy-tale
perfect. The reality was far from perfect, and in A Paper
Life, Tatum shared her poignant, painful experiences of
growing up in?and away from?a dysfunctional show-business family.
Now, in Found, she digs even deeper and explores the tough
issues that resonate in most women?s lives. It is a story of taking
two steps forward and one step back, of learning to understand what
forgiveness really means?physically, emotionally, and
spiritually?and how to live it every day. With candor and grace,
Tatum chronicles the challenges and joys of being a single mother
to three grown children, an ex-wife, a working actress, and a woman
who has lived her life in the public eye for the better part of
forty-five years. She speaks frankly about the persistence it took
to beat her addictions to drugs and alcohol, and the hard work of
staying clean and sober, including dealing with the deep emotional
void that illicit substances falsely promise to fill.
Tatum details her ongoing efforts to negotiate friends, family,
aging, money, love, loss, and Hollywood, while the specter of her
past continues to lurk, a reminder of her battle and a testament to
her will to survive. And she honors the people whose perseverance
and courage in overcoming their own dark troubles have inspired
her. Found is also a father-daughter love story: a
portrait of a fragile, tentative reconciliation between a parent
and a child who, as documented in the OWN television docuseries
The O?Neals: Ryan and Tatum, try to heal the hurt and pain
of a lifetime.
Tatum O?Neal has done the hard work necessary to get her life on
track and come to terms with the person she is. Finally, she shares
her whole story. Her moving and inspirational saga reminds us all
that no matter what has happened in our own lives, we must keep
moving forward to the light and the future, step by step, day by
day. Only then may we find the truepath home.
