Love Life

By: Rob Lowe

Narrated by: Rob Lowe

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Actor, producer, and New York Times best-selling author Rob Lowe offers up a collection of personal stories in an honest and celebratory memoir about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and sons, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.

Actor Rob Lowe is an entertaining raconteur whose best-selling first audiobook, Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography, was hailed as "self-deprecatingly funny" (The New York Times) and "thoroughly entertaining" (Time) and earned the author the cover of Vanity Fair.

Love Life serves up another delicious selection of intimate stories and observations from Lowe's life, told with humor, warmth, and brutal honesty. After writing his acclaimed debut effort, Lowe felt he had more stories to share and many more friends to introduce. The result is a touching memoir about the business and craft of acting, the pitfalls of success, family, love, and much more.

Among the many adventures Lowe describes in Love Life are what it's like in the trenches as both the star and producer of a flop TV show; how a visit, as a 20-year-old, to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion led to a surprise in the hot tub; how an actor prepares for a role, as well as the practical, boots-on-the-ground details no drama or film school would ever teach you. You'll delight at the hilarious account of the time a major movie star stole his girlfriend, and of coaching a kid's basketball team dominated by omnipresent helicopter parents. The story of coming to terms with his son's departure to college for the education his father never got will touch anyone with a family.

Building on Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Love Life is the literary equivalent of returning to a favorite restaurant to savor a completely different, delicious new dish. If you love life, you'll love this audiobook.

©2014 Rob Lowe (P)2014 Simon & Schuster

Magnificent Simply perfect. Thank you.

Spectacular narration. You laugh, you cry and in the end you are moved and changed. Forever touched and inspires. Love Life Live.

Rob has the best stories!

Thoroughly enjoyable! Rob is the best storyteller! You won’t be bored! I highly recommend both of his books.

Another great read/listen by Rob Lowe

I enjoyed this one just as much as I enjoyed his first book. Also very cool and his son wrote and performed the music

Superbly written and delightfully spoken

The author read his own book. A master mimic, he brings characters to life with spot on impressions. My husband and I listened to this together while out driving and it is easy to stop/start as a conversation on a road trip.
Interesting, insightful and refreshingly honest and candid.
A long time fan of his acting craft, if asked to describe Mr. Lowe now, I do believe that author would be my first word used.

Good but skip the chapter on his wife

It’s laughable to hear that he wanted to raise his kids in the more normal diverse town of Santa Barbara, what?
It is lovely that he loves his wife but an entire chapter on how she has weathered the storm of being married to a rich and successful actor/producer is ridiculous. Now she’s a jewelry designer, how original.

WOW

It’s wonderful to have the generation behind me possessed of such wisdom. This is a journey that can be re-read.

Loved it!!!

Wonderful book I love the first one to!! it’s so much better when the author, especially someone like Radlo, actually reads his own book!! I almost feel like I should have to pay way more… But I don’t want to😉😉❤️

Open, Honest, Sentimental... not quite as Intimate

In Rob Lowe’s first book he shared an intimate portrait of himself - sharing his vulnerabilities, his failures and successes, his friendships and loves. He was open and honest and humble. I came away from that book feeling as though he had allowed me to know his heart and I became a bigger fan than I had been before. Stories I Only Tell My Friends was a wonderful memoir from a man who was willing to learn from his mistakes and share those lessons with me. I loved it.

So, when Love Life was released I immediately added it to my audible.com Wish List. I finally read it yesterday and today. This sophomore effort is good - but not as good as Stories … was. Mr Lowe remains open, unpretentious and self-aware. He shares much about his love for his family and is particularly vulnerable when speaking of his two sons. He certainly allows us to see that he truly does love his life. But… at times I felt the book became a “how to” book for aspiring actors. Although I enjoy the glimpses into this world that I know nothing about, the reason I loved Stories … was that he opened his heart and mind and shared his inner self. That is what I was looking for in Love Life, He did it, but not as much, and I wanted more.

Having said that, I look forward to a third installment.

Extraordinary work - well done Rob Lowe!

Would you consider the audio edition of Love Life to be better than the print version?

I did not think he could top his first book, but this is terrific. Thoughtful, honest and funny. I want to meet his wife, Cheryl and spend an afternoon hang out with them at a BBQ. I highly recommend this next series of stories.

What did you like best about this story?

All of the stories and how he tells them. His self awareness is refreshing.

What does Rob Lowe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Hearing his stories in his own words and voice. It brought an honesty and warmth that just added to the book. Somehow he connects with his listener in a way that just reading it, would not have done.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, I laughed and was so touched by the story of Buck. I felt a kindred spirit to what he has learned about himself at his age.

Any additional comments?

Thank you for sharing your stories and lessons Mr. Lowe.

Rob Lowe is a "proven" author

Where does Love Life rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is my second experience with a Rob Lowe authored and read selection and I'm pleased to say "Love Life" was on par with his autobiography - a personal, reflective, often humorous, and in this case, family-focused read.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rob, of course. Yet, not in the way many of us can fully define depending on the era we became familiar with him. I was taken into his characters as well as the public and private person keeping me engaged as the stories are told.

Which scene was your favorite?

The missteps that failed to lead to roles and opportunities he would have easily entertained had he had the chance.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Keeping it in Perspective

Any additional comments?

Read it!