I listened to this book on audio because I could not bring myself to read it and I'm very happy I did becuase she is not a good writer. What she is, is a good storyteller and so listening to it I was able to focus more on the point of what she was trying to say versus what how she was saying it. Overall it was interesting...I also really enjoy listenign to a book during my commute. Much easier and lighter!I didn't really like how much she repeated herself and said very obvious cliches about growing up famous. I get that she was trying to degrade herself and make us understand that even though she was rich she had what seemed like problems to her, but it just got old to me. I hadn't ever realized how self-conscious she was or how much of a self-image problem she had... it made me rather sad to listen to. I've had image problems but nothing to the extent she had.
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She is a bit sad -- especially in that she publicizes her life through a TV show and books -- and wants to impart that she is "normal" and just like everyone else, except that she doesn't truly believe she is normal. But in fact, she really is. She came from a dysfunctional family, which is certainly not a claim to fame in this day and age, and because her father was a wealthy TV producer, she became an actress. And not a very good one. As a result of that, she has capitalized on her name and the hysteria of TV stations to buy such pap as reality shows and gone from there.
She is trying to be a good mother to her own children, I will give her that. But how "normal" can they be having their childhoods broadcast on television and in books?
She missed the point. Oh well.
She certainly did.... I still had to read Stori Telling as you can see from my recent post!
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