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  • By: Julie Andrews
  • Narrated by: Julie Andrews
  • Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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The heroine of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music tells her life story from the music halls of London to Broadway stardom.

Over the years Julie Andrews has been much interviewed in the press and on television, but she has never before revealed the true story of her childhood and upbringing. In Home she vividly re-creates the years before the movies. 

An idyllic early childhood in Surrey was cut short when her parents divorced and her mother remarried. The family moved to London, and there are vivid scenes of life during the Blitz. Her mother went into musical theatre with her stepfather, who encouraged Julie to have singing lessons which led to the discovery that her voice had phenomenal range and strength for someone her age. Before long she was appearing on stage with her parents. She soon realised how much she enjoyed looking out into the black auditorium with the spotlights on her. By the time she was a teenager, she was supporting her whole family with her singing. 

A London Palladium pantomime led to a leading role in The Boyfriend on Broadway at 19. Parts in My Fair Lady opposite Rex Harrison and Camelot with Richard Burton soon followed, and there are wonderful anecdotes about the actors and actresses of her day. But this is far more than a collection of show stories (it's not until the final part of the audiobook that Julie gets the call from Disney for Mary Poppins); Home is an honest, touching and revealing memoir of the early life of a true icon.

©2019 Julie Andrews (P)2019 Hachette Audio Ltd

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Inside into a star of stage screen and records.
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Fantastic

Lovely book so well read and the story is so interesting. Totally captivating . Can’t wait here more

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I loved it

Julie Andrews was a highlight of my childhood in Mary Poppins, and even more so in the Sound of Music. This was a wonderful account of Julie’s early life, up until the birth of her first child and the birth of her film career.

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Absolutely superb

Enjoyable from beginning to end. Julie Andrews is a phenomenal force. Her story of her early years kept me captivated

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Loved every second of Julie reading her own story

Magnificent listen that is impossible to put down. I found myself registering to some parts several times. She’s such an extraordinarily talented lady, but very humble as well. She’s worked so hard to get where she has, and it couldn’t have happened to a lovelier person. Thankyou Julie for sharing your life and loves.

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An elegant lady refining her early years

Julie Andrews has a very alluring and beautiful voice that could narrate anything. An early account I never would realise held very interesting stories

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