<B>Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that </B><B>begin with two simple words: <I>What if…</I></B><B><I></I></B><p><I>What if hope is the most dangerous emotion?</I><BR><I>What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldn’t bump his ass so much.)</I><BR><I>What if our political leaders actually </I>led<I>?</I><BR><I>What if </I>Downton Abbey<I> was full of Americans? </I><BR><I>What if, for some reason, I couldn't be creative and work?</I><BR><BR>These are just a few of the “what ifs” that Shirley Maclaine considers in her new book written in the style of her beloved and laugh-out-loud memoir <I>I’m Over All That</I>. In <I>What If…, </I>she speculates on a wide range of matters both spiritual and secular, humorous and profound, earth-bound and high-flying, personal and universal. This is Shirley MacLaine at her most funny, acerbic, imaginative, and irresistible.