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vlicklider's review against another edition
5.0
Everything I could ever ask for in a light, funny memoir. Kept me laughing from the first paragraph through the name-dropping (especially through the name-dropping), right past the occasional harrowing bits, and up to the very end. Also, now I think Fran is a total doll, which of course is the point of a memoir like this. And the PICTURES! Highly recommended.
stacerino's review against another edition
5.0
A MUST read for any Fran Drescher fan.
This book covers so many aspects of her life, I could not put it down!
It was funny, sad & really enjoyable! Loved all the photos in the book too, gave it that real personal touch and you could easily tell it was Fran actually telling the stories ❤️
This book covers so many aspects of her life, I could not put it down!
It was funny, sad & really enjoyable! Loved all the photos in the book too, gave it that real personal touch and you could easily tell it was Fran actually telling the stories ❤️
bgprincipessa's review against another edition
I read this for a 7th grade book report. Who let that happen?!
annahale's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Rape
irmamari's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
4.25
dvdpcp's review against another edition
4.0
Well, it would have been 5 stars, I was so delightfully surprised by how funny and open she was, and I loved all the pictures and stories. I was reading this before I went to New York and was loving every minute of it, then left and came back 2.5 months later and in reading the last little bit, somehow everything changed? There was so much fatphobia in the last 20 or so pages, which had been sprinkled throughout but really got focused on. Also the story of the stunt double’s bunion read to me as cruel instead of funny? Also the break in/rape was completely unexpected and made me cry when I read it but her unwillingness to say that Howard Stern did anything wrong bringing it up on air was really weird to me. There seemed to be an internalized misogyny or sense of something that idk. I really liked her but by the end there were so many things I couldn’t hear as funny only see how harmful I thought they were in different ways. Really odd experience reading. But she’s genuinely so funny and I enjoyed the photos and stories and stuff a lot. Oh Also at the end it didn’t feel like things were coming together for a point it just felt like bragging without objective beyond that. So weird.
asc6x's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to the audiobook because of that "some find her voice soothing" joke from the show, and because i couldn't find the pdf (may zlib rest in peace).
And this is everything i honestly expect from a Hollywood memoir "written" by a girl from queens.
Also i love the nanny so fucking much, i might be delusional lol.
And this is everything i honestly expect from a Hollywood memoir "written" by a girl from queens.
Also i love the nanny so fucking much, i might be delusional lol.
housedesignerking's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I've been wanting to read this one for quite sometime. Meanwhile, I've been in a reading slump. Couldn't get myself to read much. Then I set a couple books on my desk, ones I wanted to read and what do ya know, had a date come over and when he saw this book, I got laid. Not!! 'Fraid, I can't say this book did THAT for me; if you've read this book or read it sometime in the future, you'll understand at the beginning and at the end of the book why I included this bupkis.
And now I must kvell.
I'm interested in reading autobiographies of people I respect and Drescher is one of those people. It was fascinating hearing about how she struggled to find work when she and her husband decided that acting was their lot in life. The way she wrote it, which I have no doubts at all, schmoozing with her much be a real delight. Meaning she is the life of any party.
My eyes got really big when heard how she got to meet Barbra Streisand, I'm afraid I was plotzing. It made me want to schlep a friend of mine and go to a Streisand concert myself. I must concur with Drescher here: "She's our leader." :P
It was definitely a fascinating read and I'm glad I finally read it. Let's see here...16 years after publication. Oy, I feel old.
I must also say that she was very brave to have put someone in prison for what they did. Stopped it from occurring again, at least from that particular guy and she is also brave to have spoken about it publicly.
In closing I'll say it was nice to see some Yiddish used in print. I don't have Jewish relatives nor friends so it made certain words make more sense to me.
5 out of 5 stars.
My note:
November 5, 2012:
Page 197, 69.12% "Fran Drescher is a very brave woman to have endured the horrible event then turn around and join with others to see that the man was put in prison."
And now I must kvell.
I'm interested in reading autobiographies of people I respect and Drescher is one of those people. It was fascinating hearing about how she struggled to find work when she and her husband decided that acting was their lot in life. The way she wrote it, which I have no doubts at all, schmoozing with her much be a real delight. Meaning she is the life of any party.
My eyes got really big when heard how she got to meet Barbra Streisand, I'm afraid I was plotzing. It made me want to schlep a friend of mine and go to a Streisand concert myself. I must concur with Drescher here: "She's our leader." :P
It was definitely a fascinating read and I'm glad I finally read it. Let's see here...16 years after publication. Oy, I feel old.
I must also say that she was very brave to have put someone in prison for what they did. Stopped it from occurring again, at least from that particular guy and she is also brave to have spoken about it publicly.
In closing I'll say it was nice to see some Yiddish used in print. I don't have Jewish relatives nor friends so it made certain words make more sense to me.
5 out of 5 stars.
My note:
November 5, 2012:
Page 197, 69.12% "Fran Drescher is a very brave woman to have endured the horrible event then turn around and join with others to see that the man was put in prison."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape