Entertainment Book Review

A Twist of Lemmon

A Tribute to My Father

By Chris Lemmon

Published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.

Paperback with  photographs. ISBN: 978-1-55783-739-4

$16.95

Rating * * *  * ½ stars

It’s not your formal biography by any means,  A Twist of Lemmon is a relaxed and pleasant tribute by the actor son of one of America’s best-loved actors. This is its first time in paperback. It’s a personal portrait of an actor that American’s loved.

In the book’s 194 pages the younger Lemmon provides a pleasant, yet poignant look into the life of one of America’s most talented movie stars, and two-time Academy Award winner.

In this book, Chris Lemmon shares family tales, intimate father-son conversations, and anecdotes about his dad. It’s a heartwarming remembrance of the times he spent with his father.

In the book you’ll live the frustration as Jack Lemmon tried repeatedly to “make the cut” at the Pebble Beach Golf Tournament; never quite accomplishing it. You’ll read about a man who loved fishing, and who, on one of his trips to Alaska had an unscheduled meeting with a bear.

There are so many facets to this book that I hesitate to try and choose the most entertaining one.

There are also comments from Blake Edwards, Andy Garcia, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Neil Simon, Shirley MacLaine, and Cliff Robertson, among others.

 “A Twist of Lemmon” will make you laugh out loud…and even shed a tear over the passing of one of the last of America’s great actors.

Steve Brooks