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Barbra Streisand to release memoir in November

By Annie Martin   |   Feb. 7, 2023 at 11:25 AM
Barbra Streisand will explore her life and career in the new book "My Name is Barbra." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI President Barack Obama (R) awards the Medal of Freedom to Barbra Streisand at the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2015. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Barbra Streisand (R) and James Brolin attend the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in 2013. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Barbra Streisand attends the Chaplin Award Gala in 2013. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI Barbra Streisand (R) and James Brolin attend the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in 2011. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Barbra Streisand will release her first memoir in November.

The 80-year-old singer and actress will explore her life and career in the book My Name is Barbra, Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, announced Tuesday.

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In My Name is Barbra, Streisand recounts growing up in Brooklyn, her early struggles to become an actress, and her first appearances in New York nightclubs.

The memoir also covers her breakout performance in Funny Girl, the making of Yentl and The Prince of Tides, her friendships with Marlon Brando, Madeleine Albright and other famous figures, her political advocacy, and her marriage to James Brolin.

My Name is Barbra is slated for release Nov. 7.

Streisand confirmed plans for a memoir on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in August 2021. She shared how former first lady Jackie Kennedy offered to edit the book in 1984.

Streisand is an EGOT winning singer and actress who released her most recent album, Walls, in 2018.