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THE ENTHRALLING LIFE OF SHARON STONE

‘I’M FINALLY ABLE TO NOT ONLY RECEIVE LOVE FROM MY MOTHER BUT TO LOVE HER IN RETURN’

SHE’S one of those stars who brings old-school glamour back to Hollywood – she’s eternally beautiful, sizzlingly sexy and has an aura of serenity few younger stars can match.

She’s also famous for a certain flashing scene in Basic Instinct, a move that both scandalised and titillated early ’90s cinema-goers and three decades later remains one of the most-talked-about scenes in Tinseltown history.

But there’s a whole lot more to Sharon Stone. She’s the ultimate survivor–andher jaw-dropping new memoir drives that home with a serious punch.

The Beauty of Living Twice reveals the shocking incest and abuse she suffered as a child, her experience of Hollywood’s often toxic and misogynistic culture and her harrowing stroke that left her on the brink of death.

The book is delivered with Sharon’s trademark sardonic wit and no-holds-barred honesty and has received a coveted endorsement from Oprah Winfrey, who’s capable of making a bestseller out of anything she gives a shoutout to.

Sharon (63) was recently asked by The New York Times why she’s decided to share her life story now. “If you don’t people will make it all up for you,”

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