Border's Books on Michigan Avenue welcomes actor Richard Chamberlain, 68,
Thursday, June 12, 7 p.m., discussing Shattered Love: A Memoir. The star of stage
(My Fair Lady, Sound of Music) and screen (Dr. Kildare, Centennial, Showgun, and
The Thornbirds) writes about his childhood with an emotionally abusive, alcoholic
father, to his development and growing awareness of his homosexuality.
Chamberlain talks to Dateline NBC: 'I'm not a romantic leading man anymore, so I
don't need to nurture that public image anymore. I can talk about it now because I'm
not afraid anymore. ... When I grew up, being gay, being a sissy or anything like that,
was verboten. I disliked myself intensely and feared this part of myself intensely and
had to hide it.' On Dateline he discusses his longtime partner, Martin.