On the Road

Many people never take the trouble to write (much less publish) their own memoirs. Still fewer live long enough to produce a sequel. Candice Bergen’s first autobiography, "Knock Wood," is more than three decades old. The follow-up, A Fine Romance, is due on the shelves April 7. The second book covers her 15-year marriage to director Louis Malle and her remarriage to Marshall Rose, former chairman of the New York Public Library. I may read this one, but only because she also discusses her weight. "I’m fat," Bergen declares, "Let me just come right out and say it. In the past 15 years I’ve put on 30 pounds. At a recent dinner party I shared bread and olive oil, followed by chocolate ice cream with my husband. A woman near me looked at me, appalled, and I thought, 'I don’t care.' Women over 50 must choose between preserving either their face or their butts. I choose the former."