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Summary: Nothing happens by chance
Review: This book is not about adoption. It's about human nature, how we judge and are judged back, universal defining moments in life, relationships, and how all of that stuff comes together to make us who we are. I was taken aback, and truth be told, uneasy, as I read this candid, emotionally raw confessional. (At times I felt like a voyeur, as if I was reading a personal diary.) "Find Me" definitely reveals pieces of Rosie we haven't seen before. And you know what? I loved it. Rosie shines as a story teller. Allowing light onto her dark places one moment, fondly recalling filling in for George Burns at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas the next. And then there's the brunt of the book: a disturbing, but always loving reach out to a girl named Stacie. As a fairly regular viewer of "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," I would turn the pages and think, "Oh God, when I watched her show around that time she was going through this?" It's an easy read and it'll make you think. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Typical Of Rosie
Review: Rosie had the public fooled for the better part of her six-year TV stint. She had many people believing that she was a kind, warm person with a big heart. The only thing big about Rosie is her head. When the cameras were off those of us who knew the real stories cringed at how uttely nasty and foul-mouthed she really was and how much the world centered around only her. She treated everyone with disrespect and soaked in every "PR" moment which included her adoptions. The book, clearly ghost written by someone smarter than Rosie, is not about adoption but more about Rosie going on and on about what she did and how she did it. She offers very little for others, but than again, "other people" never factored into her life unless she could use them to her advantage. The book is just more of Rosie's love affair with Rosie.
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Summary: Very little substance
Review: The book is thin and the print large.
I'm afraid I found Rosie's childhood memories utterly boring. The only thing that keeps you in this book is wanting to know what's the deal with the teenager mother. You find out. You dully think: "Oh, OK." Then it's the end, which is flat and disapointing.
Can't say I would recommend the read.
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Summary: Love Her...eh on the book
Review: I actually listened to the book on tape due to the fact that I am in my car waaaay too much. I had the unabridged version, and I just didn't like the way that the book flowed. It jumped from place to place way too much and I thought the book was going to be more about her and her life rather than this fictional character.
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Summary: Too weird
Review: After just finishing the Michael J. Fox autobiography, I was prepared to love this book, but it left me totally cold. There are some interesting insights into Rosie's mind, but I expected more from her.
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Summary: not what I expecteD
Review: everyone has so many great reviews of how this book reveals so many secrets about Rosie's life. I was interested in the fact that she "comes out" in the book but that is barely mentioned at all. In fact the only mention of it is of her girlfriend Kelly once. I expected huge secrets but there really wernt any. The ending was also a let down. No big secrets revealed or revelations. It just kind of stopped. The book was an interesting read and Rosie is a creative writer with a fun prose style. The book didnt really have a clear goal or plot line it just seemed to be a lot of rambling. I might have liked it better if I hadnt expected so much from all the great reviews.
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Summary: For hardcore Rosie fans only
Review: This book was awful. It took only an hour or so to read. It seems like it also may have taken an hour or so to write. There is no substance to this "book" at all. Rosie, bless her heart, is a great person, but there's not much to this. She befriends an underaged pregnant woman, finds out the real deal, and helps her. It was life-changing. She cannot get over her mother's death. That's about it. There is nothing else here. She seems scarily odd, also, almost insane. If you love Rosie and want to learn about her, go for it. For the casual fan on down, it is a complete waste of time and money. I have read pamplets at the doctor's office that have more substance.
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Summary: A Thrilling Story
Review: I couldn't put this book down. The writing is poetic and gripping. Rosie writes about her adventure with a lady who reaches out for help. This story is full of surpises, humor, honesty, and charm. Its an adventure to read. I especially liked the book on tape because its unabridged, and read by the author.
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Summary: I'm Glad I Found This Book
Review: I hesitatingly picked up this book from the library shelf, opened the cover and read the first page...I was hooked. This is one of the best memoir books I have read. Who knew... Rosie O'Donnell is a wonderful writer! Interspersed with heartbreaking personal vignettes of Rosie's childhood is the relationship she begins with a "family" on the West Coast. Rosie's first contact with the teenager Stacie, begins when she notices her file amoung many from the New Jersey adoption agency she funds. Something about the case of the 14 year old rape victim who was now pregnant compelled Rosie to get involved. What unravels kept me reading late into the night. What awed me was the honesty that this book is written with, it's so honest you can feel the pain from her life experiences, come right off the page. Not many people have the courage to tell it like it really is, the good, the bad and the ugly but O'Donnell does. I think she has found a way to expunge her demons and you can't help but root for her because I think everyone can see a bit of themselves in her life. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was a quick read that I will be thinking about for a long time.
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Summary: Unlike any other autobiography
Review: I have been a fan of Rosie O'Donnell since before she became a household name thanks to her wonderful TV show. I finally got around to reading her autobiography, and I really couldn't get enough of it. I found it absurd and wonderful that I could relate so much to this ridiculously famous person. When was the last time you felt that while reading an autobiography? She is so honest in this book it is astounding. At one part, she says that it is so embarassing what she is writing, that she has to keep herself from deleting it. Only about 1/3 of "Find Me" is actually an autobiography in the general sense of the word. Part of me wanted more of the tidbits usually enclosed in an autobiography, but I realized at the end I had learned so much about this fascinating woman that I knew enough. A quick read, for sure, but I suspect parts of this one will stay with me much longer.
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