A Story Lately Told

Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York

By: Anjelica Huston

Narrated by: Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston’s “gorgeously written” (O, The Oprah Magazine) memoir is “an elegant, funny, and frequently haunting reminiscence of the first two decades of her life…A classic” (Vanity Fair).

In her first, dazzling memoir, Anjelica Huston shares the story of her deeply unconventional early life—her enchanted childhood in Ireland, living with her glamorous and artistic mother, educated by tutors and nuns, intrepid on a horse. Huston was raised on an Irish estate to which—between movies—her father, director John Huston, brought his array of extraordinary friends, from Carson McCullers and John Steinbeck to Peter O’Toole and Marlon Brando.

In London, where she lived with her mother and brother in the early sixties when her parents separated, Huston encountered the Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac. She understudied Marianne Faithfull in Hamlet. Seventeen, striking, precocious, but still young and vulnerable, she was devastated when her mother died in a car crash. Months later she moved to New York, fell in love with the much older, brilliant but disturbed photographer, Bob Richardson, and became a model. Living in the Chelsea Hotel, working with Richard Avedon and other photographers, she navigated a volatile relationship and the dynamic cultural epicenter of New York in the seventies.

A Story Lately Told is an “evocative” (The New York Times), “magically beautiful” (The Boston Globe) memoir.

confusing at best

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This book is surprisingly more boring than I expected, and flows in a slow and confusing way.

Would you ever listen to anything by Anjelica Huston again?

Probably not.

What aspect of Anjelica Huston’s performance would you have changed?

I usually love books read by actresses, as they make incredible narrators, unfortunately this is not the case for Anjelica Huston.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

This book might actually work better as a movie but I wouldn't be particularly interested.

loved how much her parents were included

most memorable moments her eccentric father and his opinion of being able to kill 3 people 😅

I’ve listened to this MANY times over the years

I continually enjoy listening to Anjelica talk about her life. It’s a spectrum of feelings and emotions.

Beautiful imagery

You felt as if you were in the scenes Anjelica described. From Ireland to a dirty fishing boat, her descriptions were visceral and stick with you. She is a bit of a fairy god mother.

Wonderful story, whenever told

Loved the details of life in the Irish countryside… and the honesty. Wonderfully narrated and organized.