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My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir

Maybe someday

47

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

13/100

Critics

81/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Vanessa Schneider, Molly Ringwald

Publisher:

Scribner

Date:

April 18, 2023

A memoir and tribute to Maria Schneider, the 1970s movie starlet who catapulted to fame in the controversial film Last Tango in Paris—only to live the rest of her life plagued by scandal—as told from the perspective of her adoring younger cousin.

What The Reviewers Say

Thessaly La Force,
The New York Times Book Review
A slender memoir composed in second person, directly addressed to the actress and elegantly translated from the French by Molly Ringwald.
Patricia Zohn,
Air Mail
A nuanced tale.
Annie Bostrom,
Booklist
Hazy.
Penelope J. M. Klein,
Library Journal
Striking.