Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
by Julie Andrews
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Book Reviews of Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Book Review: Surprising memoir
Summary: 5 Stars
The perfect upper crust image that many have of Julie Andrews is blown out of the water by this well-written, detailed memoir of her far-from-classy beginnings. Many will be surprised that she was raised in something very close to poverty in a family that was often torn apart by drink and infidelity. Along the way, however, she was loved enough to become a tender, grounded person capable of using her amazing voice and dramatic talent to thrill the world. The stories of her childhood are fascinating and every theater fan will relish her memories of her extraordinary Broadway years. The book ends just as she's about to begin filming "Mary Poppins."
Please hurry with the rest of the story, Miss Andrews! Even though I've followed your movie career from Day One, I'm still waiting with happy anticipations to read all about it in your own well-chosen words.
Book Review: What a long-awaited delight!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best autobiography I've ever read.I have been eagerly awaiting this book since it was announced last year,and I was not disappointed.Julie tells her own life story in a straightforward and very honest manner.Her prose is lovely,and the photos are excellent.And yes,she
dishes the gossip(wait till you read what she says about Rex Harrison and Richard Burton!)The best thing about the book is that it's very informal.
You really feel like you're just having a long,intimate conversation with
Julie.This is a warm,leisurely,and highly entertaining read.I can't wat for the sequel!The Sound of Music (1965 Film Soundtrack - 40th Anniversary Special Edition)
Book Review: Loved Home but it wasn't enough
Summary: 5 Stars
Julie Andrews' Home is a lovely account about her early days in England, concluding just as she arrives in the U.S. where her career truly took off. It is beautifully written and wonderfully supported with details and many interesting accounts I knew nothing about. I was so sorry when it ended where it did because I, as probably many other readers, would love to know her sentiments about how the remainder of her marvelous career developed. Some of her insights and honesty are richly rewarding because she has always been that illustrious "star" so well admired by fellow entertainers and zillions of us, her fans. Home is a tease and I hope she will one day collaborate with her daughter, Emma, and finish the rest of the story.Book Review: Great Book...
Summary: 4 Stars
A great book that I could not put down unless I was watching Sound of Music. I guess that's a dead giveaway that I am a fan. A very candid view of her youth which doesn't disguise the opportunities that she was afforded when she was young.
My grandfather who was from England went to Austria in 1960 always retells the story that while he was on vacation that the Sound of Music was being filmed. I guess Julie Andrews was making quite a stir not only with her fantastic talents but also her vices. The locals mentioned that she swore like a sailor, drank excessively and smoked like a chimney. I always thought my grandfather embellished his story a bit but after reading her Memoir it is consistent with his story.
Book Review: How A Loving Father Nurtured a Special Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
Dame Julie has written a generous and candid book, describing a childhood and youth filled with special challenges and the musical gift that brought joy to millions. At the quiet center of her book is her kind father, who, while divorced from Julie's mother, provided the constant love and security that grounded this special young person. When she was growing up, Julia Wells was far from being the incandescent star we know today. Yet, her father treated her as the special young person she was. This book is above all the unsentimental tribute from that luminous child to her beloved father. How wonderful that Dame Julie Andrews is every bit as beautiful a person as she seemed atop that Austrian mountain.