Tagged With: Memoir
Review: I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, by Julie Dawn Cole
I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Julie Dawn Cole, with Michael Essinger Description (from Amazon.com): In 1970, Julie Dawn Cole was cast as the unforgettable Veruca Salt in the classic motion picture Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder. Since its … Continue reading
Review: We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, A Broken-Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals that Changed their Lives Forever, by Benjamin Mee
We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals that Changed Their Lives Forever Benjamin Mee Description (from Publishers Weekly): Between his wife Katherine’s diagnosis of glioblastoma and her quiet death less than three years later, Mee (The Call of DIY), his siblings … Continue reading
Review: The Cure for Anything is Salt Water
The Cure for Anything is Salt Water Mary South Harper, 224 pages June, 2008 Buy from Amazon >> OR Read the first chapter for free >> Description (from Publishers Weekly): A mid-life crisis and a latent sense of adventure caused book editor South to give up her life in publishing and take up residence on … Continue reading
Review: A Diamond in the Desert, by Jo Tatchell
A Diamond in the Desert: Behind the Scenes in Abu Dhabi, the World’s Richest City Jo Tatchell Grove Press, Black Cat, 304 pages October, 2010 Read the first chapter for free >> or Buy the book from Amazon >> Description (from Publishers Weekly): A glittering emblem of global modernity carries a tinge of tribal clannishness … Continue reading
Review: Getting the Pretty Back, by Molly Ringwald
Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick Molly Ringwald Buy from Amazon >> Summary (from Publishers Weekly): Famous for her roles as an angst-ridden teen in John Hughes classics like Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, Ringwald, now a 40-year-old wife and mother living largely outside the celebrity … Continue reading
Review: Cybill Disobedience, by Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Disobedience Cybill Shepherd Get it from Amazon.com >> I have to confess: I really only read Cybill Shepherd’s autobiography, Cybill Disobedience, because I saw it listed as a free digital download on KindleIQ.com, and while I do have standards, I’ll read anything from the backs of cereal boxes to eye wrinkle cream reviews if … Continue reading
Review: Passage from England, by Frank Zajaczkowski
Passage from England by Frank Zajaczkowski CreateSpace, 378 Pages Get it at Amazon >> When author Frank Zajaczkowski contacted me about reading and reviewing his memoir I was flattered – as I always am. Then I went to his website and read the excerpts posted there, and immediately I was hooked, not just by his … Continue reading
Review: Prairie Tale
Prairie Tale: a Memoir Melissa Gilbert Gallery, 384 pages Get it from Amazon >> I’ve been a fan of Melissa Gilbert ever since the first episode of “Little House of the Prairie” first aired, but I hadn’t realized she’d published her memoir until I saw it for sale among the souvenirs of “Little House on … Continue reading
Review: Hollywood Monster by Robert Englund
Hollywood Monster: a Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams by Robert Englund, with Alan Goldsher Pocket, 304 pages Get it from Amazon >> I have a memory from when I was twelve or thirteen (but probably twelve): I was sitting in the living room with my mother, stepfather, and stepbrother, textbooks … Continue reading
Bookmarks: The Cloister Walk, by Kathleen Norris
Earlier this evening, I was pulled away from listening to the manager of the hotel, Ross, telling us about a recent Orlando vacation, when I heard the bells at Our Lady of Lourdes, just across the river in St. Anthony Main, chiming the hour. I was struck by the calm that comes after such a … Continue reading
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