I adore Marlee Matlin. I really do. She's sexy, hot, and a fantastic actor. I give her - as I do any actor - serious props for making it in an industry where most don't.That said, I couldn't stomach most of this autobiography. The schlock that spews from the pages on how wonderful everyone is, and how great her life is made me want to hurl. Even her stint in rehab was painted with rose-colored paint. Her teenage rebellion is looked upon fondly. The tumultuous relationship with William Hurt felt more like an "oh, gee, we didn't get along and fought viciously, took drugs and drank for 2 years. But it was wonderful!"The tone of the book doesn't ring true. Everyone she worked with was awesome, she has the best friends in the world, the best husband and kids in the world, the most wonderful ex-boyfriends in the world, blah blah blah. The only reason I finished it is because I respect her talent as an actor so much. If this was done by a ghost-writer, Ms. Matlin should get her money back. If not, she should definitely stick to acting because writing is not her strong suit. As a deaf person myself, I can appreciate that this isn't your standard show biz biography. Opportunities for a deaf person to rise to the top are rarer than a gold ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And Marlee Matlin deserves enormous credit for grapping hold of her ticket to Fame and making the most of it, beginning with her visit to Betty Ford's Clinic to tame her drug addiction. She could have so easily squandered her chance. But she didn't. Well done, Marlee!Personally I enjoyed the first part of her autobiography the most where she talks about growing up deaf in a family of hearing people, as I could relate to that. The frustration. The communication difficulties. And the chapters around her stormy relationship with William Hurt were also fascinating to me as the details were so brutally honest. Then the rest of her book is about her various film and TV projects along with her various boyfriends and later, her growing family life. I couldn't relate to that part as she lives in such a different world to mine. And I'm not particularly interested in Hollywood. But if you are, then you'd enjoy this part of the book as she writes candidly about the people she meets.
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Loved it, see a whole different side to her then what you would expect. Very inspiring!
—funyman66
Couldn't force myself through this one. Got so tired of the poor me...
—nwaair
I LOVED this book. Marlee Matlin is one of my favorite actors.
—Ambzillius
