by Maureen McCormick
I picked this up with Mackenzie Phillips's book - thought it might be interesting to compare to two. Maureen and Mack seemed to have quite a bit in common - teen stardom, drug issues, and each even worked with a Monkee - but while Maureen's home life wasn't ideal it was nowhere near the nightmare Ma...
I originally picked this book to read because I needed a fluff read. It's anything but fluff. Maureen shares everything from her past. She has lead a wild life. I'm glad at age 50 (she's older now but turned 50 when she wrote the book) she was able to finally be happy with the woman she is.I think M...
I deal, on a daily basis, with what might be politely termed "medically-resistant clinical depression." What this means, really, is that no combination of medications has ever really helped -- and the one that came closest had horrific side effects.The reason I provide this prologue is that I deriv...
Excellent memoir -- only one chapter seemed cliched.