Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
by:
Carol Burnett (author)
The daughter of one of television’s most recognizable and beloved stars, Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton won the hearts of everyone she met with her kindness, her quirky humor, and her unconventional approach to life. After overcoming her painful and public teenage struggle with drug addiction in...
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The daughter of one of television’s most recognizable and beloved stars, Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton won the hearts of everyone she met with her kindness, her quirky humor, and her unconventional approach to life. After overcoming her painful and public teenage struggle with drug addiction in a time when personal troubles were kept private, Carrie lived her adult life of sobriety to the fullest, achieving happiness and success as an actress, writer, musician, and director before losing a hard-fought battle with cancer at age thirty-eight. Now Carol Burnett shares her personal diary entries, photographs, and correspondence as she traces the journey she and Carrie took through some of life’s toughest challenges and sweetest miracles. Authentic, intimate, and full of love, Carrie and Me is a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781476755793 (1476755795)
Publish date: April 8th 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
In this tribute to her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton, Carol Burnett pens the journey of a mother-daughter relationship, of heartache watching her daughter struggle with addiction and of her triumphant overcoming of it, and the sorrow of losing her to cancer at the age of 38. In these pages, the mem...
Review first posted on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/05/carrie-and-me.htmlSome disclaimers before I start my review ... First, I grew up watching Carol Burnett and have always loved her work. So, I suppose I am predisposed to liking her work. Second, before reading this book, ...