Then Again is a memoir by Diane Keaton (b. 1946), written in 2011. Actually it is a memoir of both Keaton and her mother, because 'to write about herself, Diane realised she had to write about her mother, too, and how their bond came to define both their lives'. Keaton's mother Dorothy had kept eighty-five journals about her life - herself, her marriage, her children, also her parents. So Keaton used these detailed journals to write stories about her 'restless' mother and her entire family. This book is deemed 'about a very American family with very American dreams'.Although unmarried, Keaton had a long romantic relationship with Woody Allen. Later with Warren Beatty and then Al Pacino. At 50, she adopted a daughter, Dexter and in 1996 a son, Duke. She famously said, "I don't think that because I am not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage".
Keaton is a favourite legendary actress (with more than forty years in the industry) although I have yet to see the film that made her famous and won her an Academy Award for Best Actress, Annie Hall (1977). Her filmography includes The Godfather trilogy (1972,1974, 1994), Looking for Mr Goodbar (1977), Manhattan (1979), Reds (1981), Father of the Bride (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), Baby Boom (1987), Marvin's Room (1996), Hanging Up (2000), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Family Stone (2005), Because I said So (2007), Mad Money (2008), Morning Glory (2010), The Big Wedding (2013), And So it Goes (2014), Life Itself (2014).
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