The âgraceful, loving,â (The New York Times Book Review), never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Woodâs glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner.
Natasha Gregson Wagnerâs mother, Natalie Wood, was a child actress who became a legendary movie star, the dark-haired beauty of Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story. She and Natashaâs stepfather, the actor Robert Wagner, were a Hollywood it-couple twice over, first in the 1950s, and then again when they remarried in the 70s. To Natasha, she was, above all, a doting, loving mom.
But Natalieâs sudden death by drowning off Catalina Island at the age of forty-three devastated her family, turned Robert Wagner into a person of interest, and transformed a vibrant wife, mother, and actress into a figure of tragedy. The weekend has long been shrouded in rumors and scandalous tabloid speculation, but until now there has never been an account of how the events and their aftermath were experienced by Natalieâs beloved eldest daughter. Here, for the first time, is aâdeeply intimate chronicle of life with her famous mother and how Woodâs death devastated the familyâ (Los Angeles Times).
Cutting through the shadow hanging over her motherâs legacy, More Than Love is a âpoignantâ (The Washington Post) tale of a daughter coming to terms with her grief, as well as a ârevealing new look at Natalie Woodâ (Good Morning America).