Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
by Goldie Hawn
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Author: Goldie HawnEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-02
ISBN: 0399152857
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Reviews of Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
Book Review: A beautiful story about a real women
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have passed it on to lots of mothers I know. Although she did not dwell on her mothering tactics, the little bit she did talk about it was very encouraging. I also learned a bit about elephants... surprising and wonderfully written.
Summary of Goldie: A Lotus Grows in the Mud
An inspiring and unconventional memoir from one of the world's most beloved actresses.Goldie Hawn's life is an ongoing tableau of stories, and she has a born knack for telling them. In this candid and insightful book, Goldie invites us to join her in a look back at the people, places, and events that have touched her. It is the spiritual journey of a heart in search of enlightenment.
With her trademark effervescent humor, Goldie tells us about the lessons she's learned and the wisdom she feels she's been given in the hope of giving something back. Not a Hollywood "tell-all," A Lotus Grows in the Mud is a very personal look at moments private and powerful: her delight in her father's spirited spontaneity; the confidence instilled in her by her mother; the unexpected gifts of comfort from strangers many miles from home; and the joy of being a daughter, a sister, a lover, and a parent. This memoir is Goldie's chance to talk about everything from anger and fear to love, compassion, integrity, and friendship, to the importance of family and the challenges of show business.
Goldie writes about her younger self-the little girl who felt like an ugly duckling-and growing up in suburbia dreaming of becoming a ballerina. She takes us on a tour of her go-go dancing years in New York in the sixties, her phenomenal success on TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and then on to the world of Hollywood stardom and such memorable films as the Oscar-winning Cactus Flower, Swing Shift, and Private Benjamin.
A Lotus Grows in the Mud speaks of her relationship with her family-her partner, Kurt Russell; her children, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Wyatt Russell, and her stepson, Boston Russell-her growing faith, her curiosity for that which she doesn't yet know, and her unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding. Most of all, it is a trip back through a life well lived by a woman well loved.
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