I'll Cry Tomorrow

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Summary: One of the First Women to Get Sober through AA
Review: My mother found this book on her shelf and "couldn't put it down." Although I am a little young to remember Lillian Roth's dramatic rise and fall as a Broadway then Hollywood star, her story about addiction to alcohol and drugs and men, and then her recovery through AA in its very first years is as familiar as could be written today. (The memoir was a best seller in its time and made into a movie that was highly successful). Lillian Roth has an engaging voice as a writer, although she does not seem to realize or want to realize that her prototypical "stage Mom" led her directly into the lion's jaws at age five, leaving the child alone to be molested on her first modeling job. But then again, early AA stressed taking responsibility for one's own actions, not blaming others, and Ms. Roth is very determined to blame no one but herself and her disease. I think that anyone interested in addiction and recovery, as well as the early days of New York theatre and Hollywood would enjoy this well-written book. It seems that not that much has changed in the world of child and teen stars.

Rating:
Summary: One of the First Women to Get Sober through AA
Review: My mother found this book on her shelf and "couldn't put it down." Although I am a little young to remember Lillian Roth's dramatic rise and fall as a Broadway then Hollywood star, her story about addiction to alcohol and drugs and men, and then her recovery through AA in its very first years is as familiar as could be written today. (The memoir was a best seller in its time and made into a movie that was highly successful). Lillian Roth has an engaging voice as a writer, although she does not seem to realize or want to realize that her prototypical "stage Mom" led her directly into the lion's jaws at age five, leaving the child alone to be molested on her first modeling job. But then again, early AA stressed taking responsibility for one's own actions, not blaming others, and Ms. Roth is very determined to blame no one but herself and her disease. I think that anyone interested in addiction and recovery, as well as the early days of New York theatre and Hollywood would enjoy this well-written book. It seems that not that much has changed in the world of child and teen stars.