Talk Softly: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 158322906X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Two lives Jill Meyer Cynthia O'Neal is the widow of the late movie actor and Broadway performer, Patrick O'Neal. Her memoir, "Talk Softly" is about the two worlds she lived in simultaneously for many years - her public life in an actors' milieu and her private life as an AIDS activist.O'Neal is active in the New York City group "Friends In Deed", which she began in the early 1990's with close friend, Mike Nichols. The group's aim is to provide support to those diagnosed with AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. O'Neal writes about the sessions she. Talk Softly----worth reading This is an incredible woman's story about AIDS in the 90's and a life well lived.I cannot imagine how somebody wouldn't receive some benefit from reading Talk Softly, by Cynthia O'Neal.This is a small book for your day at the beach this summer.. "Moving and Memorable" according to Seamus M. This is a deeply personal story of one woman making a real difference to the world. Founded at a very scary time when AIDS was wreaking much fear and suffering, Friends in Deed was a powerful way to let people know they were not alone by providing them with both pragmatic and spiritual support. FID founder Cynthia O' Neal has helped many faced with life-threatening illness realize just how special they are--and how united we all are in life's winding journey. This memoir is a page-turning testament that one person can have a profou
I keep thinking that this is what civilization means."--Michael Ondaatje. With its wide cast of characters--from cultural icons to the even more wondrous portraits of Archie and Brazilian John and Pamela and many others (people seldom, if ever, written about)--it is a deeply moving portrait of our time. "Talk Softly is a beautifully written memoir of a 'noisy life, ' intricately structured, heartbreaking as well as joyous, and tense as a thriller
O'Neal currently lives in New York City. Born in Los Angeles, CYNTHIA O'NEAL modeled and appeared in films, including Carnal Knowledge and Primary Colors. . In 1991 she founded Friends in Deed—The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness—which has helped transform many thousands of lives by providing emotional and spiritual support for anyone diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
Actress and model Cynthia O'Neal was living her dream life—married to the famous stage and screen actor Patrick O’Neal, the mother of two young sons, resident of the Dakota downstairs from John Lennon, owner of the successful Ginger Man restaurant, and frequent guest at dinner parties with Leonard Bernstein and Rudolf Nureyev.And then she changed course suddenly, surprisingly, and completely. With the support of longtime friend Mike Nichols, she founded Friends in Deed and soon found herself spending her days in hospitals, cramped rooms, and dirty apartments, anywhere a patient needed a hug, a hand held, or confidence boosted. The AIDS epidemic hit the arts community hard, and after seeing the multitude of people facing an unfamiliar and stigmatized disease completely alone, Cynthia walked into the fray. And when Patrick became ill and passed away in 1994, Cynthia had to work through her own grief instead of someone else’s and found her l