Fiona Lewis was a model and actress in the sixties, starring in Roman Polanski’s The Vampire Killers, Ken Russell’s Lisztomania, and Brian de Palma’s The Fury. She is the author of the novel Between Men, and her writing has appeared in The Observer, The New Yorker, and Talk Magazine.
“…refined and worldly, [Lewis] memorably and candidly provides
keen insights into the decades she inhabited; her discomfort over
the 1960s sexual revolution doubles as astute social
commentary…truly fascinating …an account of an extraordinary
life.”
—Kirkus
“With Mistakes were Made (Some in French), you feel as if you’ve
been sitting with Fiona for a long weekend of glorious
storytelling. Her life has been full of great opportunities, of
daring adventures, and she describes her search for the life she
imagined but can’t define. When she buys a ruined chateau in the
French countryside—against her husband’s wishes—you feel every jolt
of the pain and humor she experiences. A truly fantastic book.”
—Naomi Watts, actress
“I read Fiona’s beautiful book, alternatively holding onto my hat
and clutching my pearls. Ventre bleu!” —David Mamet, playwright
“In Mistakes Were Made (Some in French), Fiona Lewis describes the
hard work, subtle tricks, and cool reasoning necessary to restore a
chateau in France, while allowing us an intimate look at her
remarkable life—her childhood in England, her career as a model and
actress, her misadventures with men in Paris and Los Angeles.
Mistakes Were Made is an intimate rendering not only of the rescue
of a beautiful house, but of the rescue and restoration of self.”
—Susanna Moore, author of In the Cut
“Fiona Lewis takes us on a wild and hilarious ride from a storybook
childhood in the English countryside to a glittering Hollywood
career with a French fantasy escape—meeting famous lovers and
intriguing locals along the way. With wit, wisdom and poignancy,
Lewis asks the tough question: how do you define success, find your
passion and not get lost along the way? Any Francophile with a
Hollywood crush will devour this wonderful, sexy story.” —Kate
Betts, author of My Paris Dream
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