Turner's Turn A Disarmingly Honest Memoir

by Turner, Geraldine

• ISBN13: 9781760794439
• ISBN10: 1760794430
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-10-03
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

Geraldine Turner is one of Australia’s most renowned stars of the stage, but growing up in Brisbane in the 1950s and 1960s in a dysfunctional family fraught with alcohol abuse, violence, and mental health issues, Geraldine could hardly have imagined the places her talent would take her and the esteem in which she would one day be held. Turner shares poignant stories of her relationship with her parents and siblings and the many years of commitment required to make it to the top. She describes frankly the highs and disappointments of a life in show business, the challenge of maintaining personal relationships alongside a demanding schedule of rehearsals and performances, as well as the rivalries and camaraderie amongst those who have made the stage their life. Geraldine Turner’s career has seen her star in acclaimed Australian productions of great musicals including Chicago and Anything Goes, and Stephen Sondheim works including Sweeney Todd, Company, and Into the Woods, which led to an enduring friendship with the great composer. Turner's Turn is Geraldine Turner’s story which is a fascinating page turner. A disarmingly honest memoir.

Author Biography

Geraldine Gail Turner OAM (born 23 June 1950 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian actress and singer. She has been a leading performer in Australian musical theatre since the 1970s, and has also been active in plays, recordings, film and television. EARLY LIFE Turner was born and raised in Brisbane. Her career in performance began at an early age. As a child, Turner appeared in productions of Aladdin and The Sleeping Princess and as a performer on the local television variety program Cottee's Happy Hour. She trained in classical ballet and classical singing.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7 1 Time and Time Again 9 2 Now I See 24 3 Why Can’t You Behave? 35 4 And Her Mother Came Too 40 5 Easy to be Hard 43 6 I Want to Be Happy 48 7 How Much of the Dream Comes True? 60 8 I Know a Girl 72 9 If Love Were All 86 10 Sometimes I’m Happy 93 11 Always True to You in My Fashion 108 12 The Gypsy in Me 120 13 Moments in the Woods 130 14 Never Too Late For Love 135 15 There is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast 142 16 Once in a Blue Moon 148 17 Loose Ends 154 18 New Sun in the Sky 161 19 One Life To Live 168 20 No Time At All 177 21 Looking for the Light 184