Kristen reviewed Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice (Larger Print) on
Helpful Score: 3
When I was growing up, I (and every other girl I knew) wanted to be Marcia Brady. Loved the show, still find it charming for it's "innocence". I really was looking forward to reading this book because Maureen would be describing something from my childhood from the inside.
The portions about the relationships between the cast members was the interesting. But unfortunately, it was the only interesting parts of the book. The writing and stories are very choppy, there are paragraphs in there that have nothing to do with the paragraphs before or after it. The book was particularly hard to stay interested in as I got to the last 20 or so pages.
Maureen McCormick had a "typical" Hollywood book in that she grew up with an abusive father, has a severely disabled brother, underwent two abortions, snorted a quarter million dollars worth of cocaine, couldn't get a job after being "Marcia", dated/slept with much of Hollywood, etc. I didn't expect a book about her life to be the teenage ideal that her character lived. However much I sympathized with her issues, I never cared about her "characters"... her parents, brothers, even her husband who stayed through what most men wouldn't. I still love Marcia, but really disliked the book, I couldn't post it fast enough. I think it will be hard to find readers that will like it enough to keep.
The portions about the relationships between the cast members was the interesting. But unfortunately, it was the only interesting parts of the book. The writing and stories are very choppy, there are paragraphs in there that have nothing to do with the paragraphs before or after it. The book was particularly hard to stay interested in as I got to the last 20 or so pages.
Maureen McCormick had a "typical" Hollywood book in that she grew up with an abusive father, has a severely disabled brother, underwent two abortions, snorted a quarter million dollars worth of cocaine, couldn't get a job after being "Marcia", dated/slept with much of Hollywood, etc. I didn't expect a book about her life to be the teenage ideal that her character lived. However much I sympathized with her issues, I never cared about her "characters"... her parents, brothers, even her husband who stayed through what most men wouldn't. I still love Marcia, but really disliked the book, I couldn't post it fast enough. I think it will be hard to find readers that will like it enough to keep.
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Helpful Score: 1
Let's see---
Snorting coke in the 70's-----$250,000
Two abortions-----------------$ 1,000
Kissing rear to every well known studio producer in Hollywood---Priceless.
But this memoir wasn't priceless. It was downright boring--until you get to the end, then it is just bizarre. McCormick tried as hard as she could to make it read as if she has a hard, tough, rough life---but I don't buy it. This was a way to get some media attention and make a few dollars. The publisher could have at least proofread the manuscript--for example, chapter 10, second page--what exactly is "essentically?"
Read it if you have to, but don't think you are missing out if you skip this one.
Snorting coke in the 70's-----$250,000
Two abortions-----------------$ 1,000
Kissing rear to every well known studio producer in Hollywood---Priceless.
But this memoir wasn't priceless. It was downright boring--until you get to the end, then it is just bizarre. McCormick tried as hard as she could to make it read as if she has a hard, tough, rough life---but I don't buy it. This was a way to get some media attention and make a few dollars. The publisher could have at least proofread the manuscript--for example, chapter 10, second page--what exactly is "essentically?"
Read it if you have to, but don't think you are missing out if you skip this one.
