Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

My Life

By: Sophia Loren

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

In her first memoir, the Academy Award–winning actress Sophia Loren tells her incredible life story from the struggles of her childhood in war-torn Naples to her life as a screen legend, icon of elegance, and devoted mother.

In her acting career spanning more than six decades, Sophia Loren became known for her striking beauty and dramatic roles with famed costars Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, and Paul Newman. The luminous Italian movie star was the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign language performance, after which she continued a vibrant and varied career that took her from Hollywood to Paris to Italy—and back to Hollywood. In Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Loren shares vivid memories of work, love, and family with winning candor.

Born in 1934 and growing up in World War II Italy, Loren’s life of glamour and success was preceded by years of poverty and hardship, when she lived in her grandparents’ house with her single mother and sister, and endured near starvation. She shares how she blossomed from a toothpick-thin girl into a beautiful woman seemingly overnight, getting her start by winning a beauty pageant; and how her first Hollywood film, The Pride and the Passion, ignited a high-profile romance with Cary Grant, who would vie with her mentor, friend, frequent producer, and lover Carlo Ponti to become her husband. Loren also reveals her long-held desire to become a mother, the disappointments she suffered, the ultimate joy of having two sons, and her happiness as a mother and grandmother.

From trying times to triumphant ones, this scintillating autobiography paints a multi-dimensional portrait of the woman behind the celebrity, beginning each chapter with a letter, photograph, or object that prompts her memories. In Loren’s own words, this is a collection of “unpublished memories, curious anecdotes, tiny secrets told, all of which spring from a box found by chance, a precious treasure trove filled with emotions, experiences, adventures.” Her wise and candid voice speaks from the pages with riveting detail and sharp humor. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is as elegant, entrancing, and memorable as Sophia Loren herself.

A little disappointed

I don’t know who chooses the narrator for one’s autobiography but I feel 💯 the choice that was made was wrong!! The narrator really ruined the whole experience of this audio book for me. Even reading out the chapters she sounded like she was on set acting out a love scene !! As for the story. I stuck with it because I adore Sophia Loren but she definitely held some of herself back in this book. Sadly between narration and missing parts of the real Sophia this booked really lacked something for me.

For a moment I felt I was Sophia.. <br />

What a wonderful performance. And a wonderful story of an inspiring woman. One I'll be coming back to for a repeat aging.

Extraordinary story

Sophia Loren. Sophia Loren. Sophia Loren. She is the most important actor of our time. Her journey must be shared and respected. Thank you dear Sophia, for inspiring every generation - past, present and future; from yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Sofia, who does not love her

I loved it, enjoyed the story, extraordinary woman, inspiring, I will listen to it again one day

Great Departure

This book was a great departure for me. It confirmed my love for Sophia Loren. She is an amazing women.