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Rating:  Summary: Classic Beauty is something one is born with... Review: ...Grace, Dignity and Humility is what separates one from everyone else. My own words after meeting and observing the Legendary Icon through the years. "Sophia Style" captures many wonderful, minute flashes of her incredible life experiences, along with the many era's that have made her who she is today. "Sophia Style" quite adequately displays her Grace, Dignity, Humility, Class and Awesome Exotic Beauty. Beauty that exudes deep from within, through the awesome one of a kind exotic Mediterranean bone structure. And beyond the ageless olive complection and voluptuous features, casting a bright aura far ahead of her. She may be, for the most part, reserved and to herself, but rises to the occasion of most gracious hospitality without hesitation. She has no enemies and lives outside the hullabaloo of Hollywood amidst horse ranches in a tree shrouded Garden of Eden she calls "La Concordia." In just observing her relationship and interaction with her son Edoardo, I have learned what it is like to not only truly be a parent, but a spiritual partner who actively participates in my children's lives. I received "Sophia Style" a couple of years ago, after first meeting her some decades ago. In dealing with a devastation within my own life, it was her words, wisdom and character that got me through when my own family failed me. Sometimes I kept her book near me to remind me to keep rising above it all. It was acting with Grace, Dignity and Humility that was inspired by her, that kept me from making incredibly horrible rash decisions. At her Lifetime Achievement Awards in 1994, I insisted that she work again. She grasped me with both hands in an incredible, yet most gracious way. And worked again she has, with five films since, including one written and directed by Edoardo. And of course this book by Deirdre Donahue. Hopefully, there'll be many more films, books and other treasures to follow. Viva La Bella Donna!! Affezionatissimo, Guiseppe (Peppi) Turco
Rating:  Summary: Classic Beauty is something one is born with... Review: ...Grace, Dignity and Humility is what separates one from everyone else. My own words after meeting and observing the Legendary Icon through the years. "Sophia Style" captures many wonderful, minute flashes of her incredible life experiences, along with the many era's that have made her who she is today. "Sophia Style" quite adequately displays her Grace, Dignity, Humility, Class and Awesome Exotic Beauty. Beauty that exudes deep from within, through the awesome one of a kind exotic Mediterranean bone structure. And beyond the ageless olive complection and voluptuous features, casting a bright aura far ahead of her. She may be, for the most part, reserved and to herself, but rises to the occasion of most gracious hospitality without hesitation. She has no enemies and lives outside the hullabaloo of Hollywood amidst horse ranches in a tree shrouded Garden of Eden she calls "La Concordia." In just observing her relationship and interaction with her son Edoardo, I have learned what it is like to not only truly be a parent, but a spiritual partner who actively participates in my children's lives. I received "Sophia Style" a couple of years ago, after first meeting her some decades ago. In dealing with a devastation within my own life, it was her words, wisdom and character that got me through when my own family failed me. Sometimes I kept her book near me to remind me to keep rising above it all. It was acting with Grace, Dignity and Humility that was inspired by her, that kept me from making incredibly horrible rash decisions. At her Lifetime Achievement Awards in 1994, I insisted that she work again. She grasped me with both hands in an incredible, yet most gracious way. And worked again she has, with five films since, including one written and directed by Edoardo. And of course this book by Deirdre Donahue. Hopefully, there'll be many more films, books and other treasures to follow. Viva La Bella Donna!! Affezionatissimo, Guiseppe (Peppi) Turco
Rating:  Summary: Beautiful Sophia Through The Years! Review: Sophia Loren is so incredibly beautiful that Deirdre Donohue almost had to create this book in order to celebrate it! From her humble Italian beginnings to her mature beauty of today, there are photographs of her through it all, plus text to tell about her colorful life. My favorite photos are: Diva (p. 70) intersection of image (p. 88), at the Oscars (p. 96) and 1964 color photo (p. 109). If you love Sophia, do not miss "Sophia Style"!
Rating:  Summary: Beautiful Sophia Through The Years! Review: Sophia Loren is so incredibly beautiful that Deirdre Donohue almost had to create this book in order to celebrate it! From her humble Italian beginnings to her mature beauty of today, there are photographs of her through it all, plus text to tell about her colorful life. My favorite photos are: Diva (p. 70) intersection of image (p. 88), at the Oscars (p. 96) and 1964 color photo (p. 109). If you love Sophia, do not miss "Sophia Style"!
Rating:  Summary: Style + content Review: Wow! Stylish photography and unseen glimpses of an exceptional beauty with a thesis that holds it all together. Recommended as a gift, a read, an adornment...it will propel the uninitiated into the video store for a reassessment of the great Loren!
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