Out on a Limb (edition 1986)

by Shirley Maclaine

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Her most controversial book is one you will never forget.nbsp;nbsp;An outspoken thinker, a celebrated actress, a truly independent woman, Shirley MacLaine goes beyond her previous two bestsellers to take us on an intimate yet powerful journey into her personal life and inner self.nbsp;nbsp;An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley MacLaine's quest of self-discovery.nbsp;nbsp;From Stockholm to Hawaii to the mountain vastness of Peru, from disbelief to radiant affirmation, she at last discovers the roots of her very existence. . . and the infinite possibilities of life. Shirley MacLaine opens her heart to explore the meaning of a great and enduring passion with her lover Gerry; the mystery of her soul's connection with her best friend David; the tantalizing secrets behind a great actor's inspiration with the late Peter Sellers. And through it all, Shirley MacLaine's courage and candor new doors, new insights, new revelations-and a luminous new world she invites us all to share.… (more)

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Title:	Out on a Limb
Authors:	Shirley Maclaine
Info:	Bantam (1986), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 384 pages
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Laugh all you want, I love Shirley Maclaine! (

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Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |

Laugh all you want, I love Shirley Maclaine! (

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Kim_Sasso | Mar 14, 2018 |

...and she certainly is, but hey, she Shirley MacLaine! I love everything she's ever written and admire her gumption. (

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dbsovereign | Jan 26, 2016 |

I read this book years ago, long before LT, and I remember it making a great impression on my younger self. I came across the paperback at a book sale and it brought back good memories. I bought it and am planning to reread it someday. I thought it deserves to be on my LT list. I so admire Shirley MacLaine... (

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Clara53 | Nov 5, 2014 |

I have to say I was surprised by this book. I was expecting to read some far out story that couldn't possible apply to anything in my life or this world that I know. I couldn't have been more wrong. What Shirley Maclaine did was take you from the beginning or her search for something in her life that she was not quite aware of. I also expected this book to be a contradiction to my beliefs as a spirt filled christian. I was wrong about that also. She didn't take anything away from the belief in God or Jesus. I read it as the spirit is in us, we are devine because we are the body of Christ. She takes the reader on a facinating journey through her developing spirtual world. I think anyone with an open mind will enjoy this book. (

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The Complete Shirley MacLaine: Don't Fall Off the Mountain / You Can Get There from Here / Out on a Limb / Dancing in the Light by Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine: Out on a Limb / Don't Fall Off the Mountain / You Can Get There from Here by Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine: Out on a Limb / Dancing in the Light / It's All in the Playing by Shirley MacLaine

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Out on a Limb [1987 TV miniseries] by Robert Butler

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Out on a Broken Limb: A Response to Shirley MacLaine by F. Legard Smith

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New York Times bestseller (General – 1983)

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Out on a Limb

Original title

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1983-07

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Shirley MacLaine

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Out on a Limb (1987 | IMDb)

Epigraph

"Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge."
~ Apothegm of Narada

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." ~ Hamlet

Dedication

To my Mother and my Father

First words

The sand was cold and soft as I jogged along the beach.

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People progress according to what they're ready for.

She said that in order to get to the fruit of the tree you have to go out on a limb.

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Her most controversial book is one you will never forget.nbsp;nbsp;An outspoken thinker, a celebrated actress, a truly independent woman, Shirley MacLaine goes beyond her previous two bestsellers to take us on an intimate yet powerful journey into her personal life and inner self.nbsp;nbsp;An intense, clandestine love affair with a prominent politician sparks Shirley MacLaine's quest of self-discovery.nbsp;nbsp;From Stockholm to Hawaii to the mountain vastness of Peru, from disbelief to radiant affirmation, she at last discovers the roots of her very existence. . . and the infinite possibilities of life. Shirley MacLaine opens her heart to explore the meaning of a great and enduring passion with her lover Gerry; the mystery of her soul's connection with her best friend David; the tantalizing secrets behind a great actor's inspiration with the late Peter Sellers. And through it all, Shirley MacLaine's courage and candor new doors, new insights, new revelations-and a luminous new world she invites us all to share.

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"This book is about the experience of getting in touch with myself when I was i my early forties.
It's about the connection between mind, body, and spirit. And what I learned as a result has enabled me to get on with the rest of my life as an almost transformed human being. So this book is about a quest for myself - a quest which took me on a long journey that was gradually revealing and at all times amazing.

I tried to keep an open mind as I went because I found myself gently but firmly exposed to dimensions of time and space that heretofore, for me, belonged to science fiction or what I would describe as the occult. But it happened to me. It happened slowly, It happened at a pace that apparently was peculiarly my own, as I believe all people experience such events.

People progress according to what they've ready for. I must have been ready for what I learned because it was the right time ..."

~ Shirley MacLaine

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