Harold and Me: My Life, Love, and Hard Times with Harold Robbins

By Jann Robbins

Book Overview

In 1982, after years of working in advertising in Oklahoma, Jann Stapp took a job as the personal assistant to the world's bestselling author, Harold Robbins. Like those he portrayed in his novels, Harold Robbins lived life hard, fast, and occasionally out-of-. He was a larger-than-life figure, and he let those around him know it. Young Jann didn't know what she was walking into - but she loved every minute of it. Jann and Harold Robbins were married in 1992. ? Harold and Me is the chronicle of the last fifteen years of Harold Robbins' life. Harold was a natural storyteller and Jann absorbed his stories with awe and admiration. Just like his characters, his life was a rollercoaster ride of pride, drama, and intensity, and Jann tells his story - and theirs - with vividness and love. ?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765300036
• ISBN13: 9780765300034
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Interesting autobiography

I liked this book and I am going to start to reading some of Harold Robbins novels. I did'nt care too much for all the sexual expletives.

interesting celebrity biography

In 1982 in Oklahoma City, Jann Stapp received a call that Harold Robbins will interview her for the temporary job of his personal assistant. Down to a box of cereal and two cats, she was excited by the possibility as she knew her grandma, her mom, and her aunt were fans of the renowned author. She was also frightened as she read the Pirate the night before her trip to Los Angeles for the interview that changed her life. He hired her and remained in the job for the next ten years as an assistant to the volatile hard living Robbins. In 1992 she became his wife and was with him until he died five years later. Although the biography obviously focuses on Harold Robbins, his widow provides a deep perspective into their relationship. Even as Ms. Robbins descriptions are somewhat rose colored to include the hard times when he was over the edge, she captures the essence of her late spouse whose genius was entertaining the public with intense passionate tales; the same way he lived life. Obviously for fans of Harold Robbins or celebrity biographies, HAROLD AND ME: MY LIFE, LOVE, AND HARD TIMES WITH HAROLD ROBBINS is an intriguing insight into the king of the titillating raucous thriller. Harriet Klausner