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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
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
viveelan's review against another edition
3.0
I'm glad I read this after I read Dyan Cannon's book. He was a devoted father.
He remarried and had a nine-year content marriage.
He remarried and had a nine-year content marriage.
essentiallymeagan's review against another edition
2.0
Not the greatest memoir that I have read...she isn't the greatest writer but it was interesting to get a glimpse into life with Cary Grant.
belinda's review
2.0
I wanted to love this book. Cary Grant is my all-time favourite movie star and in theory a story from his daughter should give unprecedented access to his life. In practice, the writing was awful and made me feel like I was reading a book-length blog post from an unskilled writer. It was painful to read. The pictures and documents reproduced in the book are worth a look, but that's about it.
doublefantasy's review
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.”
“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.”
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