And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the 80s, 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. Teen idol at 15, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, 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-1970s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. A wryly funny and moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.
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