The late Paul Newman never published a memoir during his life – but one has just gone on sale, based on hours of recordings he made.
It was back in 2008 that the wonderful Paul Newman passed away, at the age of 83. He left behind a body of work few actors can come close to equalling, but also, not much of a telling of his own story. As it turns out though, Newman had been recording the history of his life. These audio recordings have now resurfaced, and his family decided to do something with them. As such, his memoir has now been published, some 15 years after he died.
Newman started his recordings decades ago with the help of Stewart Stern, who himself passed away just over five years ago.
The book ended up in the hands of Peter Gethers, an editor at publishers Knopf. He compiled the text, which is described as 80% memoir, and the rest based on conversations that Stern had with friends and family of Newman.
The book landed a week or two ago, and is on sale now. You can find a copy here. We’re just working through it ourselves…
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