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: Julie Andrews Will Always Be One of My Fair Ladies
Summary: 1 Stars
I have loved Julie Andrews since I first saw her in My Fair Lady and Camelot. She is so gracious, talented, beautiful and I've heard bawdy, which I think makes her a well rounded lady. Unfortunately, I preordered this book without realizing what the content would be, and I found it disappointing. She obviously was terribly offended by some of the unpleasant deeds of Rex Harrison, but she was too gracious in her reflection of their appalling behavior. The memoir just wasn't what I expected. It boring and after laboriously reading most of it, I put it aside. This memoir has nothing to do with my admiration of Julie Andrews and all of her awesome accomplishments.Book Review: Review of Julie's Early Years
Summary: 4 Stars
Julie Andrews gives us a close up look at her early years. She seems to have been very honest and forthright in telling about each member of her family and how she related to them.You have real emphathy for her as she struggled to have some childhood and the truth that many times she was responsible for her families support and survival at a very young age..This book brodened my knowledge of the entertainment business and made me wish at times that I had been able to meet and know all the famous entertainers and celebreties that she was fortunate to know.
I would like to have heard about the rest of her life after 28 years old.
Book Review: So Much There
Summary: 5 Stars
Julie Andrews always brings Mary Poppins and the Sound Of Music to mind to me from when I was young. Classics. Then I started seeing her in a different light when I was old enough to watch movies such as Victor...Victoria. Not a bad light, but there was a point that I realized she was not Mary Poppins but was more.
A remarkable talent as both an actress and singer (and writer) and always appearing to be the eptiome of class, this book shows how much she went through all the years in a honest and telling book.
Reading this book bought a new level of appreciation to me about Julie Andrews.
Book Review: HOME: A MEMOIR BY JULIE ANDREWS
Summary: 5 Stars
HOME: A MEMOIR BY JULIE ANDREWS IS AN EXTREMELY READABLE BOOK, NICELY FORMATTED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED IN TWO SECTIONS. EXPLORES MID-20TH C LIFE IN RURAL ENGLAND, COMPLICATED LIVES OF HER PARENTS, AND THE STATE OF VAUDEVILLE AND THEN THEATRE OF THE ERA. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE BRITISH THEATRE ARTS & ACTORS OF THE TIME. MOVES READER FROM ENGLAND TO NEW YORK AND EXPLORES THE DIFFERENCES OF THE TWO SETTINGS. YOU TRULY DISCOVER JULIE ANDREWS' MINDSET ALL THE WAY ALONG HER ROAD TO SUPER-STARDOM. A NICE ADDITION TO ANY LIBRARY COVERING THEATRE ARTS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.Book Review: Wonderful book, too short!
Summary: 4 Stars
When I saw this book, I had to have it. This book goes from JA's ancestry all the way to the time she had her daughter Emma, before she started on Mary Poppins. The book is very detailed about her family history and past, thus it might not be interesting to other people. She doesn't "dish" about her coworkers like other people had done, she tries to put nicer words for people she does not like or enjoy working with. It is a good book explaining who she is, where she came from, and why she is the way she is. I do hope she will have another book talking about working on Mary Poppins and so on.