Extravagant Gestures

by Carole Bayer Sager

The respected author and acclaimed expert, on the mother/daughter relationship, Katie Fielding, must confront her own family problems when her mother, Lady Landamere, whom she has not seen in years, is told that she has only six months to live

273 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1985

About the author

Carole Bayer Sager is a lyricist, singer, songwriter and painter. Her songs have been recorded by such artists as Carly Simon, Richard Marx, Leo Sayer, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler, Celine Dion, and Reba McEntire. Many of Sager's 1980s songs were co-written with her former husband, composer and pianist Burt Bacharach.

Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", which was the theme song of the movie Arthur. Sager has won a Grammy Award and two Golden Globes. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.

Sager lives in Los Angeles and New York with her husband, Bob Daly. She also has an adult son Cristopher Elton Bacharach.