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Article: Audrey Hepburn: a son's reflections; a journey into a gentle heart and a loving son's memories of 33 years lived with "a truly magical human bein.".(Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit)(Book Review)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Audrey Hepburn, most pleasing to the eye, is the subject of a new book by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer. The book offers from the family archives photos never before seen by the public. Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit is Ferrer's attempt to provide a deeper understanding of the beautiful film star whom Cecil Beaton described as "the embodiment of a feminine ideal."
In 1954, the famous photographer summed up "the person of Miss Audrey Hepburn" in an article for a women's magazine. "Nobody ever looked like her before World War II; it is doubtful if anybody ever did, unless it be those wild children of the French Revolution who stride in the foreground of romantic ...