This is a wryly funny & moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. Teen idol at fifteen international icon & founder of the Brat Pack at twenty & 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-seventies Malibu where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business & politics both on the set & in the actual White House. & in between are deft & humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties leading to his quest for family & sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes disappointments relationships & one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.