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constantine2020's review against another edition
3.0
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This memoir made an interesting reading. I love Rue McClanhan since she did The Golden Girls and this book was fun to read knowing her more upclose. Her relationships, love interests, her work and her thoughts and opinion about her colleagues. It was interesting to read the portion she wrote about The Golden Girls and their fun times and struggle on the sets.
If you loved Blanche Deveraux then you should read this book to understand where she came from. It won't disappoint you.
This memoir made an interesting reading. I love Rue McClanhan since she did The Golden Girls and this book was fun to read knowing her more upclose. Her relationships, love interests, her work and her thoughts and opinion about her colleagues. It was interesting to read the portion she wrote about The Golden Girls and their fun times and struggle on the sets.
If you loved Blanche Deveraux then you should read this book to understand where she came from. It won't disappoint you.
erine277's review
2.0
This book was definitely not as good as I expected. I wanted more on the Golden Girls, and that was a very small part of this book. She kept marrying men she didn't want to marry and it got aggrivating.
jlmb's review
3.0
Fun, light-hearted, easy read. It's always interesting reading the memoir of a working actor - that is, not a huge star but rather an actor who manages to make their living acting without ever blowing up into a huge star. If you look at her IMDB page, it's astounding how many things she was in over the years. I only knew her from The Golden Girls & Maude. I also recall seeing her as a guest star on shows like Love Boat. She worked steadily though, for 50 years. Dinner theater, off Broadway, Broadway, commercials, voice overs, cartoons, tv shows, game shows, tv movies, independent movies, Hollywood movies - Rue did it all.
The other thing she did a lot was make bad choices in her personal life. She is aware of it thanks to therapy, but still, she made some doozies. Married 6 times! 3 she stayed friendly with and 3 were total jerks. (Fun fact - her second husband dropped out of society and became one of the Merry Pranksters) Her first husband seems like a textbook case of sociopathy. Her third husband is almost as bad, with his emotional abuse escalating to physical abuse. Rue doesn't go into great detail, the memoir stays fairly surface and light. Financially she also made many poor choices. Wow, that house in Encino she dumped a million into the renovation! She should have bought a nice two bedroom condo in Beverly Hills or Bel Air.
I liked that she was an animal person, rescuing dogs & cats off the street and joining PETA. She also kept friends for years and had a good relationship with her family.
The other thing she did a lot was make bad choices in her personal life. She is aware of it thanks to therapy, but still, she made some doozies. Married 6 times! 3 she stayed friendly with and 3 were total jerks. (Fun fact - her second husband dropped out of society and became one of the Merry Pranksters) Her first husband seems like a textbook case of sociopathy. Her third husband is almost as bad, with his emotional abuse escalating to physical abuse. Rue doesn't go into great detail, the memoir stays fairly surface and light. Financially she also made many poor choices. Wow, that house in Encino she dumped a million into the renovation! She should have bought a nice two bedroom condo in Beverly Hills or Bel Air.
I liked that she was an animal person, rescuing dogs & cats off the street and joining PETA. She also kept friends for years and had a good relationship with her family.
granniepeg's review
5.0
Interesting read. without giving to much away, she always seemed to be drawn to the wrong type of man, whether she married him or not.
saranade's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
rickety_snippets's review
4.0
This book is a guilty pleasure! So fun and descriptive, with cute bits of naughtiness mixed with lovely quotes from both Rue and others. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Rue for so much more than her portrayal of Blanche (which is, of course, what drew me to the book initially). A funny, touching, worthwhile read.
ash_paige's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
screwydecimal's review
4.0
I've always half-jokingly called the character "Blanche Devereaux" a personal hero of mine. After reading this memoir, I've discovered that there's some actual merit to the claim that goes beyond my love of "The Golden Girls." Ms. McClanahan presents the story of her life in a hilarious, self-deprecating, and charmingly loquacious fashion. A veteran in the war of love and one of the most hard-working ladies on stage and television, she gives, through her stories, practical yet inspirational perspectives on relationships, career success, and general happiness. She also, with no apologies (but with much cautioning), discusses her frequent romantic stumbles (five husbands is certainly nothing to sneeze at) and explores the darker corners of her life - her anxiety/frequent panic attacks, insecurity, etc. - making her wholly relatable and endearing. This book was a fun, breezy read, laced throughout with humor, emotion, and Rue's trademark witty & sexy style.
playprettychelsea's review
3.0
Blanche is my fave Golden Girl. She (and Rue)radiates confidence. You want to be her or you want to be her best friend. I enjoyed getting to know her. I love how much she supports equal rights for humans and animals.