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Brilliant review by brilliant book mama...sniff!
(from GREAT MEMORIES: Book MAMA's April Pick For Moms)on 04/02/12Share your opinion
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This book, coincidentally, is also written by an editor-in-chief of a major magazine. Stacy Morrison is the editor of REDBOOK, and a few years ago, her husband of 10 years and father of her infant son decided he was done—done with the marriage, the baby, the house etc. Morrison begins this heartbreaking story at that point and then describes in honest detail the next two years of her life as she sorts out her life, her divorce, her job, child care, her flooding house. She survives a fire, a couple trips to the emergency room with her son, some very real spiritual crises of self, and many, many run-ins with her Ex as she tries to fall out of love with him and tries to create an entirely new life/identity from the one she thought she was going to have. As one of my girlfriends is fond of saying, “the hits just keep on coming,” for...
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This memoir received mixed reviews, but enough of the critics had enough good things to say that I read it despite an inherent shudder when I realized an actress had written it. And in saying that I’m absolutely not saying actresses can’t write; Carrie Fisher has written some of my all time favorite books…no, I just think sometimes people shouldn’t try to do it ALL! Don’t be so greedy! I mean does Bruce Willis really need to be in a band too? Does Kevin Costner? They are good actors making good money…do we have to go see their concerts too? Is Mandy Moore an actress or a singer? Focus, people!
But there was that sort-of tabloidy element with this memoir even though I have never even seen a single episode of “Law and Order: CSI” and had never heard of Isabel Gillies before I saw the reviews. But she is really good looking and...
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