Sharon Tate: A Life

De: Ed Sanders

Narrado por: Michael Hacker

Ed Sanders gave listeners their clearest insight yet into the disturbing world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate, the iconic actress who found love, fame, and ultimately tragedy during her all-too-brief life.

Sharon Tate: A Life traces Sharon's path from beauty queen to budding young actress: her early love affairs, her romance with and marriage to director Roman Polanski, and the excitement of the glamorous life she had always sought -- all set against the background of the turbulent 1960s. This sympathetic account tells the powerful story of her determined rise through the ranks of Hollywood and to the brink of stardom before her name became forever linked with the shocking murder spree that took her life.

In 1969, the Polanski house was targeted by the followers of cultist Charles Manson. Why the Manson clan focused its gaze on Sharon remains unclear, but the world was soon shocked to its core as it learned of the brutal murders of a pregnant Sharon Tate and her friends at her idyllic home in Los Angeles. Sanders once again examines this horrific crime and its aftermath, expounding on what may have led the killers to that particular house on that particular evening.

Sharon Tate takes listeners on a sometimes joyous yet inevitably heart-wrenching tour of the '60s as seen through the eyes of someone who lived it, survived it, and remembers it all too well. Ed Sanders crafts a riveting narrative of the life and times of a beloved actress whose image and whose fate still haunt us to this day.

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Narrator is awful

He has this weird crying voice that is literally distracting from the book. It sounds like he’s trying to do a Truman Capote accent when mimicking Susan Atkins

I learned so much! You will, too.

I knew very little about Sharon Tate, and the author not only makes us feel we know Sharon, but he builds out the world events and famous personalities that formed the world of the time. I learned a lot!

Mr. Hacker, who narrates, brings emotion and clarity that makes the set of interweaving stories make sense, and his work encourages you to keep listening.

Informative

This book is very informative , but like the author, there are still so many questions that are unanswered. I really like how the author did a deep dive into her background because l learned a lot of new things about Sharon Tate. I will admit this, though, that the stories about witchcraft, Satanists, and drugs have really thrown me for a loop. I even learned new things about Charles Manson and the Family that I didn't know. The writing is phenomenal and full of drama and suspense. I only have one critique sometimes, the story goes off on a tangent, in my opinion, could have been left out or has nothing to do with Sharon Tate. I still really enjoyed listening to this book. I received this book for free upon my request. I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased review here of my own volition.

New info

This one confirmed some suspicions that my late mother had regarding this case. It also made me dislike Roman Polanski even more.

Good Book about Sharon.

I enjoyed the book. Unfortunately, the biggest thing we think of when we hear her name is the Manson murders. But there was so much more to her than that. This covers all the things that made Sharon who she really is.

Ohhh weee ohhhh.

I must say that I’m very disappointed. I had read The Family and enjoy Ed Sanders writing and had high hopes for this book, but they were soon dashed.
The information and stories of Sharon Tate’s life were interesting and touching. But when the book is 25% Tate, and 75% everything that allegedly deals with the bigger picture on this tragedy the focus gets lost in the frey.