Jennifer Grant, Cary Grant’s only child, to write memoir of her father

Cary Grant’s only child, Jennifer Grant, is writing a memoir, the first time she has offered an in-depth look at her famous father.

“It’s going to be a loving portrait of this man who was sort of an amazing daddy. But as you’re reading it, you’re also saying, ‘This is Cary Grant!’” said Victoria Wilson, a vice president and senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf, which plans to publish the book, “Good Stuff,” in 2008 at the earliest.

Jennifer Grant, 40, is the daughter of Grant and actress Dyan Cannon, who were married briefly in the 1960s before separating and bitterly divorcing.

Wilson told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Jennifer Grant was not planning to write about her parents’ breakup, focusing instead on her close relationship with father, who was in his early 60s when she was born, in 1966, and retired from acting the same year. Cary Grant died in 1986 at age 82.

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