Reviews

Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant by Jennifer Grant

cricket771's review against another edition

4.0

Cary Grant was my moms favorite actor and he is mine too. I loved learning about him through the eyes of his daughter Jennifer. My heart goes out to her as well because I know how hard it is to live without a parent that personified the best the world had to offer.

mactammonty's review against another edition

2.0

I was expecting something different. something with less name dropping, more about her relationship with her father.

stephnicole413's review against another edition

5.0

Jennifer did a fantastic job on relaying her life eith her father. I've read other biographies on Cary and this by far is my favorite! I look forward to reading her mother's book in the fall.

alice2000's review against another edition

4.0

A lovely remembrance. Brings back the best of my Grandfather to me.

buraellen's review against another edition

5.0

I just got this book today and read it in one sitting. I have been a Cary Grant fan since I was a young child and my mother introduced me to the movie, Topper. When I saw this book, I knew it was going to be a must-read for me. I loved how Jennifer described life with her father. It was such a unique look at someone I have admired for so long and her memories made me fall for him even more. I find it so sweet that he went to such great lengths to preserve their time together. It made me look differently at how I will preserve memories for my own children. Thank you, Jennifer, for this wonderful look into such a precious part of your life.

choicelight's review against another edition

2.0

I just.. I don't know. It felt like she was unhappy with the world for loving her father, and that no one should adore him they way that she did. I mean, on the one hand I understand it, what with your father being Cary Grant.. but it was just too much. I found it repetitive and just wanted it to end about halfway through.

sarahwolfe's review against another edition

4.0

Lovely portrait of an adored father by an adored daughter. A sweet and enjoyable read, if you're willing to follow Ms. Grant's disordered journey down memory lane.

mreadsbooksnfics's review against another edition

3.0

It’s not the worst book I’ve ever read. But it didn’t add much. I respect her privacy. I’m glad she has. Those memoirs, but it doesn’t really do much. I liked this book though.

doublefantasy's review against another edition

4.0

this book is the literary equivalent to a warm hug and tbh there’s nothing better than that

“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.”

raquelstecher's review against another edition

5.0

Good Stuff is unlike any other book you will ever come across. Reading it is a very intimate experience, one you share with the author. Jennifer Grant has given the public a peek into the love between a father and his only child. The father, Cary Grant, just happens to be one of the most famous, well-known and adored actors ever to have lived. We come to the book with a false sense of familiarity with Cary Grant only to discover that we didn't know about this part of his life at all.

Jennifer Grant reminisces about the first 20 years of her life; the years when her father was alive. Although the book goes back and forth through time freely, the reader never gets lost. Each chapter has a theme which anchors it and the progression of the book feels chronological even when it isn't. The author tried to capture the "essence of Dad's soul" when writing this book.

Read the rest of my review here: http://outofthepastcfb.blogspot.com/2011/06/get-your-read-on-good-stuff-by-jennifer.html