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A review by princesszinza
The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate by Kristina Hagman, Elizabeth Kaye
2.0
I'm eternally picking books to read that will let me relive my childhood. This is some sort of masochistic process that I really should stop. Of course I wasn't a privileged youth like Kristina Hagman. Whether it's a middle class household or a rich one, the mix of drug use and absent authority figures will lead to abuse of the youngest, most innocent members of the family. The Dennis Hopper incident in the book sure rang true to me.
Watching Larry Hagman on T.V. as a kid, I always thought he seemed mean. I guess he was a loving but drug and alcohol addled father. Maj Hagman comes off as perhaps more troubled than her husband. She had a terrible temper and was an extreme alcoholic.
I give five stars to Kristina Hagman for living through her childhood but unfortunately I can only give the book two stars. I thought it was written formulaic way.
Watching Larry Hagman on T.V. as a kid, I always thought he seemed mean. I guess he was a loving but drug and alcohol addled father. Maj Hagman comes off as perhaps more troubled than her husband. She had a terrible temper and was an extreme alcoholic.
I give five stars to Kristina Hagman for living through her childhood but unfortunately I can only give the book two stars. I thought it was written formulaic way.