Life Itself: A Memoir

By Roger Ebert

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Life Itself (2011) is a memoir by film critic Roger Ebert. He recalls his childhood in Urbana, Illinois, his start in newspapers, his long career at the Chicago Sun-Times and his television partnership with Gene Siskel. Ebert also writes about his recovery from alcoholism, his marriage to Chaz Ebert and his battle with cancer, which cost him the ability to speak and eat. The memoir was adapted into a 2014 documentary of the same name directed by Steve James.

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