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Told through the eyes of 'Kate the Great'
By M&C News Apr 27, 2007, 15:50 GMT
Katharine Hepburn, who would have turned 100 in May this year, was not what one would consider a ‘traditionalist’. Known for being brash, stubborn, as well as insisting doing things her own way, there is still that public love of her. Karen Karbo comes up with some insightful observations in regards to the starlet, in her new book How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great.
Kate lived in a time subscribing to norms that other women did not, such as choosing a career over family life, being outspoken when it was not encouraged for women to be so, and yet somehow Kate made it all work.
Some of the little tidbits Karbo adds are, "Her greatest achievement was a complete overhaul of traditional notions of femininity,” and "Hepburn was not a feminist. She was a Hepburnist. She believed in the cause of Katharine Hepburn."
The book, which finishes at 208 pages, is available through Bloomsbury. Karbo admits that, "you don't always have to know what you're getting into in order to succeed," yet through these little witty comments, as told through the eyes of “Kate the Great”, Hepburn shows us how she made it work.
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