Tippi Hedren had a full life - she wanted to be a figure skater, but ended up doing modeling, loving it, and then was recruited to be an actress, unexpectedly. She worked with Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, is friend with Sean Connery, Sophie Loren, etc. And she dedicated a good chunk of her life to big cats, lions, tigers, cheetahs, etc.

The beginning of the book was interesting, with the Hitchcock episode, but I felt like at least 2/3 of the book was about lions, lions and more lions. Tippi talks about how she & husband at the time wanted to make a movie about lions, and to make it happen, met with lion handlers, had a full grown lion visit their home, raised cubs in their house (...) and created a sanctuary in the valley, etc. Aside from the many accidents, and hurdles with flooding & fires, the narration felt a bit repetitive. It was a bit too much focused on the big cats for me, and not enough on Tippi's personality. I don't feel I know her very well after reading that book.