Many know Julie Andrews from "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." In this memoir, she looks back on her early years with an aspiring Vaudeville mom and a loving dad and her role in "Camelot" with Richard Burton at age 20.
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Many know Julie Andrews from "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." In this memoir, she looks back on her early years with an aspiring Vaudeville mom and a loving dad and her role in "Camelot" with Richard Burton at age 20.
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I have loved this book from beginning to end, have read it twice so far (will do again). It feels great to read it because it approaches you to this special and amazing person that is Julie. I love her now more than I already did before if that's even possible!! Great book, easy and lovely to read, perfectly written with Julie's touch! Plus listening to her reading it to you (audiobook) will lighten your soul..
Cakebaker
Jun 18, 2009
Learn about a great actress
After reading this book, I know much more about Julie Andrews, one of a few actresses I enjoy watching. I never would have guessed, for instance, that her first career was not acting but singing! Perhaps if I were living in England I would have known. I also had no idea that she had passed exams in dance. No wonder she dances so well in some movie scenes and moves so gracefully in others.
But this is also the story of someone with a less-than-pleasant childhood. We all have heard a few stories of people who rose above adversity and became great at something. Unlike most, Julie's family, while disfunctional in many ways, did give her opportunities not available to others. The fact that she took those opportunities and helped herself and her family shows an unselfishness not always seen in some others. And in spite of the adversity, the reader is left with the impression that Julie still loved her parents, while not really liking her step-father and perhaps some other relatives.
I enjoyed this book. I liked the way it was written because it is broken up into realistic pauses, making it easy to read a bit here and a bit there without losing the gist of the story. It is less negative than many autobiographies. When life is busy, this is a good book to break up the bits of stress - like a minivacation, or several of them in a day.
AussieMarg
Nov 9, 2008
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Home is essential reading for the fans of Julie Andrews. A very enjoyable read. This book is intimate & personal enough too enable the reader to feel they have spent a special time with Julie as it takes us up to her preparation for the starring role in "Mary Poppins". I'm really looking forward to the next book.
Francesca
Jul 28, 2008
Not put down-able
Here, without self-dramatization or self-pity, a very great lady tells the story of her early years, Her home seems to have been a nightmare, with Julie on stage practically from diapers, surviving per parents' divorce, an impossible, alcoholic step father, a mother slipping her moorings into alcoholism, several siblings in various stages of need, and the consequent familial disintegration. Julie early accepted responsibility for a family always on the verge of insolvency. Out of this rat's nest came the lovely, humble person she reveals herself to be.The personal account of My Fair Lady and Camelot are delightful, and this is a book that you'll want to devour all in one gulp, grateful to have known such a remarkable person.
