Roman Heartbreak

Audrey Hepburn, the star of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Funny Face, in 1956.

To the world, Audrey Hepburn was the image of Hollywood glamour and grace. But my mother’s personal life was a far more tragic tale

By Sean Hepburn Ferrer

When my co-author, Wendy Holden, and I sat down to plan the book about my mother and lay out the bare bones and milestones of her life, we were faced with some gargantuan decisions. My mother was a deeply private person. This is the reason she never made Hollywood her base. Instead, she opted for the bucolic environment of the Swiss countryside. Mainly because Switzerland is a neutral country, a must for a woman who was forged by the fires of the Second World War. But also because she could live a normal life there, out of reach of the tabloids and devoid of the vacuous accoutrements that Hollywood stars have long had to submit themselves to on a daily basis. READ ON