In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.
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Eric Roberts, during his five decade career, has appeared in over 700 films, from King of the Gypsies and The Pope of Greenwich Village to The Dark Knight, Inherent Vice and Babylon. He’s won a Golden Globe and been nominated for an Oscar, and celebrated at film festivals around the world. He’s brother to Julia Roberts and father to Emma Roberts.
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Eliza Roberts is known for National Lampoon’s Animal House, The Tasmanian Devil and My Last Best Friend. She has been married to Eric Roberts since 1992. She was born in Manhattan to an actress/director/producer/writer mom, Lila Garrett, a screen-writer biological dad, David Rayfiel and a press agent adoptive dad, Don Garrett. The family moved to Los Angeles, by way of a peace march in San Francisco, when Lila and her then-husband got jobs writing Bewitched. At sixteen she moved to England to study acting. She has two children, Keaton Simons (recording artist) and Morgan Simons (chef).
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“Compelling to read―candid, brave and full of Eric’s natural grace and good nature.” ―Christopher Walken, Academy Award-Winning Actor
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At age 17, Eric Roberts moved from Georgia to New York to pursue a career in acting. He worked and partied with future legends like Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis and Robin Williams. 

After his big break in King of the Gypsies, he became one of the hottest stars of the era. But celebrity came with a dark side—an ocean of cocaine that nearly swept him away, culminating in a car accident that almost cost him his life. In Runaway Train, or, The Story of My Life So Far, Roberts confronts the seriousness of his addictions, their devastating effects on his career, and the reason for his complicated relationship with his sister, Julia, and daughter, Emma.