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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
Fantastic read
Funny and so relatable, yet aspirational. I want to be Geena Davis when I grow up. She is a badass.
Funny and so relatable, yet aspirational. I want to be Geena Davis when I grow up. She is a badass.
I really enjoyed this one. Humorous memories (like the why behind her name & spelling of it), stories from the set of several of my favorite movies (Tom Hanks really IS the nicest guy in the world!), and a realness about who she is & why she really might die from politeness!
*The audio is totally worth it. She has a beautiful voice.
*The audio is totally worth it. She has a beautiful voice.
I loved this! I picked it up from the library on a whim, and am so glad I did. Definitely recommend for fans of memoirs!
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I love Geena and it was so fun to listen to her read her own memoir, sharing stories about the various movies/shows she's worked on, including Thelma and Louise, A league of their own and Commander in Chief. She also talks about her life growing up a bit and various relationships as well as being diagnosed later in life with ADD/ADHD. Definitely recommend this on audio!
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I love Geena and it was so fun to listen to her read her own memoir, sharing stories about the various movies/shows she's worked on, including Thelma and Louise, A league of their own and Commander in Chief. She also talks about her life growing up a bit and various relationships as well as being diagnosed later in life with ADD/ADHD. Definitely recommend this on audio!
Merged review:
I love Geena and it was so fun to listen to her read her own memoir, sharing stories about the various movies/shows she's worked on, including Thelma and Louise, A league of their own and Commander in Chief. She also talks about her life growing up a bit and various relationships as well as being diagnosed later in life with ADD/ADHD. Definitely recommend this on audio!
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lighthearted
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fast-paced
Not just a Hollywood memoir but a true early feminist who worked throughout her career for more representation of women in movies. Love Geena, and she's worked on some fun movies and this made me want to go watch them all.
I’ve read several Hollywood memoirs this year, and it was refreshing to read one where the name dropping was kept to a minimum. Davis also mercifully leaves out the details of her sex life. And unlike most of the memoirs I have been reading, drug and alcohol rehabilitation was not the theme of her life story. The memoir does have a theme- her extreme politeness, which I identified with. The book started slow for me and I almost wrote a “did not finish” review after the first few chapters about how boring it was. But by the end, I was impressed by both her writing and her life’s work in the film industry.