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Carol Burnett One More Time
Random House 0394552547 / 9780394552545 Hardcover Fine
0394552547 From Publishers Weekly nBurnett's frank, moving account of growing up in squalor has the air of a bestseller. At 53, the popular performer looks back at the years of poverty and insecurity of her Hollywood childhood, sharing a one-room apartment with her maternal grandmother, Nanny. Burnett's parents were divorced, and both were alcoholics. Readers feel the deep love with which she recalls her father, mother and Nanny (a woman endearing despite her conniving and other terrible traits). In an unforgettable scene, Burnett describes her mother going alone to a hospital to bear her illegitimate daughter Chrissie, who is Burnett's best friend. This memoir is a Cinderella tale by a woman stronger than her family and perhaps luckier. She built a career with grit and a little help from friends she thanks in her zesty story. Photos not seen by PW. First serial to Ladies' Home Journal; Literary Guild dual main selection; author tour. nCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. n nFrom School Library Journal nYA Carol Burnett's memoir is like the woman herself: humorous, earthy, and honest. Written as an extended letter to her three daughters so that they could come to know her parents and the grandmother who raised her, she constructs with painful clarity a picture of her impoverished childhood. Her parents were both alcoholics, and she was left in the care of her eccentric grandmother, who loved her intensely. Teens will sympathize with her loneliness and feelings of rejection at glamorous Hollywood High, where she felt ``Stupid. Dumb. Outnumbered. Overwhelmed. Little. Insignificant.'' Aspiring young actors and actresses will follow with interest her attempts to define her talent and find success first at UCLA and later in New York. Even though readers know that she will be a star, there is a feeling of great satisfaction as she acquires increasingly important roles. YAs need not be fans of Carol Burnett's popular television show to appreciate her compassion and wit. Rosemary Smith, Albright Middle School , Houston nCopyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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