Bagong memoir ni Streisand, nagsasaad na ‘nasasaktan’ pa rin siya sa mga insulto tungkol sa kaniyang itsura

Ilalabas na ngayong Martes ng superstar na si Barbra Streisand ang kaniyang halos 1,000-pahinang memoir, na naglalaman ng makasaysayan niyang career, kaniyang kabataan at love life.

Ang matagal nang inaabangang “My Name is Barbra” na ilalabas ngayong November 7, ay naglalaman ng deka-dekada sa entertainment business ng 81-anyos na Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, at Tony o EGOT winner.

Sa kabuuan ng 992 pahina, si Streisand, na minahal dahil sa kanyang boses pati na rin sa kanyang napakaraming papel sa pag-arte kabilang ang “Funny Girl,” “A Star Is Born” at “The Way We Were,” ay tumatalakay sa mga panggigipit ng industriya at dobleng pamantayan para sa mga babaeng artista.

US actress Barbra Streisand speaks with French actor Yves Montand (C) during the filming of “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” directed by Vincente Minnelli in New York on May 9, 1969

Bahagi ng kaniyang isinulat sa libro na nalathala sa People magazine, “Sometimes I felt like my nose got more press that I did. I wish I could say none of this affected me, but it did. Even after all these years, I’m still hurt by the insults and can’t quite believe the praise.”

Dagdag pa niya, “I guess when you become famous, you become public property. You’re an object to be examined, photographed, analyzed, dissected . . . and half the time I don’t recognize the person they portray. I’ve never gotten used to it, and I try to avoid reading anything about myself.”

Isinulat din niya ang kaniyang high-profile romances sa dating asawang si Elliott Gould kung saan nagkaanak siya ng lalaki na pinangalanang Jason, maging kay Marlon Brando at sa dating prime minister ng Canada na si Pierre Trudeau.

Sinabi ni Streisand sa kaniyang memoir, “Deep down, I, too, wanted romance, but I had let my work take over. I tended to use work as a substitute for relationships.”

Sa ngayon ay kasal siya sa aktor na si James Brolin.

Barbra Streisand and James Brolin attend the “And So It Goes” premiere at Guild Hall on July 6, 2014 in East Hampton, New York

Ayon kay Streisand, “Jim and I met at a point in my life when I had basically given up on finding someone. And frankly, I was all right with being on my own. I had my son, I had great friends to keep me company, my work was fulfilling, and I loved my new house in Malibu overlooking the ocean.”

Sa press conference ng kaniyang memoir, sinabi ng singer/actress, “Penning my life’s story myself has been ‘the only way to have some control’ over my life. This is my legacy. I wrote my story. I don’t have to do any more interviews after this.”