Sissy Spacek has always lived life with her feet on the ground—even when Hollywood came calling. In My Extraordinary Ordinary Life, the Academy Award–winning actress looks back on her barefoot East Texas childhood, her fearless move to New York City at seventeen with nothing but guitars and grit, and the career that took her from Carrie to Coal Miner’s Daughter to The Help.
Along the way, she shares behind-the-scenes stories of working with legendary directors, raising two daughters, and choosing a quieter, more authentic life on a Virginia farm at the height of her fame.
Told with humor, warmth, and honesty, this memoir is as much about family, home, and simple pleasures as it is about red carpets. Spacek’s charm shines on every page.
