Home Work

A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

By: Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton

Narrated by: Julie Andrews

In this New York Times best-selling follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews reflects on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.

In Home, the number-one New York Times international best seller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage.

With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, Andrews picks up the story with her arrival in Hollywood and her phenomenal rise to fame in her earliest films - Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Andrews describes her years in the film industry - from the incredible highs to the challenging lows. Not only does she discuss her work in now-classic films and her collaborations with giants of cinema and television, she also unveils her personal story of adjusting to a new and often daunting world, dealing with the demands of unimaginable success, being a new mother, the end of her first marriage, embracing two stepchildren, adopting two more children, and falling in love with the brilliant and mercurial Blake Edwards. The pair worked together in numerous films, including Victor/Victoria, the gender-bending comedy that garnered multiple Oscar nominations.

Cowritten with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, and told with Andrews's trademark charm and candor, Home Work takes us on a rare and intimate journey into an extraordinary life that is funny, heartrending, and inspiring.

©2019 Julie Andrews (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Julie Andrews, along with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, have put together an elegant memoir of Andrews's Hollywood years.... Delivering many of her insightful diary entries, Andrews sounds sincerely amazed and delighted.... Andrews acknowledges her gifts, but she attributes much of her success to luck. We're the lucky ones - to have Andrews and this audio gem." (AudioFile Magazine)

"[Home Work gives] readers long-awaited details about [Julie Andrew's] earliest films like Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.... Andrews continues to approach life - and writing - with strength and grace." (People)

A thought-provoking listen

I have paused at various points and chapters in this book to mull over segments. I listen ... listen ... listen ... stop. Reflect. Let thoughts settle. Go on.

I definitely didn't want to rush this one.

I wanted it to last and last and last.

I hope she heads into the making of her 3rd volume soon.

Great Book!

There is so much more that I learned about Julie Andrews in this book that I never knew. She has great stories from Mary Poppoins and The Sound Of Music and other movies she made with Blake Edwards as well as funny and sad stories about her home life. This book made me love Julie Andrews even more!

Glad I did my homework

A treasure hearing JULIA’s voice and I will have it forever... we often think stars have few problems that we ourselves do have...but this is a great revelation as to a true “lady with a lot of love and a lot of courage”!

Loved Homework

I am such a Julie fan that I had to get her book, but since I do not have much time to sit and read I loved listening to the audiobook. I really enjoyed how she was the reader. It really felt more like she was telling the story straight to you, a much more personable experience!

Great book

I could hardly stop listening to this book. Especial the beautiful voice of Julie Andrews. Details of her life in Hollywood and I learned so much. Thank you Julie for sharing the story, and to your daughter Emma for helping to write it!!

Fascinating story

The talent of Julie Andrews is as limitless as her patience
with all the problems of her surrounding family.

Soul settling.

I began Home Work after listening to Home, and it really spoke to me. Made me feel powerful, hopeful, and gave me a sense of clarity from the amazing stories and endless traveling from an amazing person. Would highly recommend!

Where's the rest?

It only covers until 1986. Where is the rest? Thank you for sharing your history.

Much more than just Mary Poppins

An interesting story. It is amazing that she has accomplished so many things. I enjoyed learning more about her personal life and her family. Admire her courage to step out of her comfort zone to help others. I felt it was a good book.

I love Julie Andrews!

It was fascinating and I learned a lot about her I didn’t know. I had little tears when it was over because I wouldn’t be hearing her voice while I was working anymore.