Cis H. (californiadreamin) reviewed on 9/1/2015 + 279 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

As you'd expect from crazy Penny Marshall, this book covers a a lot! It started out telling how much Penny hated taking dance lessons from her mother, a little background on her young life, her parents who hated each other, her blind grandmother, living in the Bronx, etc. She tells of her start in Hollywood, thanks to brother Garry, and her eventual position as movie director. I admire Penny Marshall as a movie director so thought this book would give a little 'who does what...or whom' in Hollywood. She names names and 'kisses and tells'. I was a little disappointed to learn of how often she used (uses?) drugs...and still smokes after her bout with cancer! But those are her choices and to me, she's still a talented women. Overall, it was an okay book, not riveting but worth my time.

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