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The Other Side of Me   作者：Sidney Sheldon   出版日期：2011 / 04 / 29   出版社：HarperCollins   ISBN : 9780007364947   原價：NT 331 元   售價：NT 265 元

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Growing up in 1930s America, the young Sidney knew what it was to struggle to get by. Millions were out of work and the Sheldon family was forced to journey around America in search of employment. Grabbing every chance he could, Sidney worked nights as a busboy, a clerk, an usher – anything – but he dreamt of becoming something more. His dream was to become a writer and to break Hollywood. By a stroke of luck, he found work as a reader for David Selznick, a top Hollywood producer, and the dream began to materialise. Sheldon worked through the night writing stories for the movies, and librettos for the musical theatre. Little by little he gained a reputation and soon found himself in demand by the hottest producers and stars in Hollywood. But, this was wartime Hollywood and Sidney had to play his part. He trained as a pilot in the US Army Air Corps and waited for the call to arms which could put a stop to his dreams of stardom. Returning to Hollywood and working with actors like Cary Grant and Shirley Temple; with legendary producers like David Selznick and Dore Schary; and musical stars like Irving Berlin, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, memories of poverty were finally behind Sheldon. This is his story: the story of a life on both sides of the tracks, of struggles and of success, and of how one man rose against the odds to become the master of his game.

年輕的西德尼成長在二十世紀三十年代的美國，這讓他意識到生活的艱辛。 數以百萬計的人紛紛失業，西德尼一家為了生計，也被迫輾轉國內各地，以獲得一份糊口的工作。 為了不失去任何一個機會，他當過洗碗工，做過助理甚至領座員。即便如此，在他心裡依然裝著自己的夢想，就是有朝一日能夠以作家的身份闖進好萊塢。幸得機遇的垂青，他找到了一份為好萊塢製片人大衛·塞爾茲尼克審稿的工作，基本實現了自己的夢想。此後，他通宵達旦奮筆疾書，為電影與歌劇院編寫劇本。慢慢地，稍有名氣後的他成為好萊塢最火爆的製片人及電影明星眼中的首席.......。