

These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. Rob Lowe Opens Up: 'Stories I Only Tell My Friends' Lowe dishes on coming up with Charlie Sheen, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn By HELEN ZHANG March 29, 2011, 9:46 AM Ma- With only a few minor television roles to his name, Rob Lowe was ready to give up on acting and continue with life as an average 17-year-old. Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.Ī teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
