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Summary: avid reader
Review: I think abreedlove pretty much summed up my feelings on this book. Nancy Aniston is a vain woman who seems to feel like the world revolves around only her. After reading the book, it just makes me feel more sorry for Jennifer that she had a mother like that.
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Summary: Surviving childhood trauma and adult challenges with grace.
Review: I'm not an avid reader but each chapter in this biography kept my interest. It opened my mind to the major improvemenrs in the availability of help for families living with overwhelming difficulties. There's a thread of hope, understanding and acceptance that runs through the book as the author describes the various circumstances that resulted in five unexpected separations from different family members. It also gave me a view of a normal family with high aspirations and working in the entertainment world. I felt sad at times and chuckled at other times while reading this book. The experiences she shared about raising her son and daughter as a single mom were quite wonderful. It is clearly a "morally uplifting." book and should appeal to all age readers.
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Summary: See what happends when you use people
Review: IF YOU ARE A JENNIFER ANISTON FAN DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. HER MOTHER IS TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT BY EXPLOITING HER DAUGHTER AGAIN!!!!PLEASE READ THE SAMPLE PAGES FIRST. JENNIFER SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DATELINE THAT SHE HAS NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THIS BOOK. NANCY ANISTON MAKES IT SEEM THAT THE BOOK IS FROM HER AND JENNIFER BUT IT IS SOOOOOO NOT. NANCY EVEN TOPS IT OFF BY PUTTING JENNIFER'S FACE ON THE COVER. I ALMOST BOUGHT THIS BOOK AWILE BACK. I AM GLAD I SAW THE DATELINE INTERVEIW FIRST.THE SAMPLE PAGES WERE ENOUGH PROOF TO ME THAT NANCY ANISTON IS NOT A NICE PERSON. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE COULD DO THIS TO THEIR OWN CHILD. MAYBE ENVY!!
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Summary: Clever Title
Review: It couldn't be that the title "From Mother and Daughter to Friends," might mislead people into believing Jennifer had something to do with writing this book, could it? And people thumbing through the book before buying, and seeing frequent references to"Mother"(actually Nancy's mother), wouldn't have been fooled into thinking Jennifer was writing something in the book about Nancy, would they? Naah. This is just an uninteresting story of the author's life of ups and downs, as if most of us don't go through the same things. But worse, several times the author refers to Jennifer as "too trusting". Maybe she's right about that, for obvious reasons. Because Nancy trusts no one for any length of time. She says: "Despite the deals I'd made with God the one thing I feared had happened. I'd lost my daughter". She doesn't say the one thing I feared the "most". The one thing. Wow, she is way ahead of most of us on the fear list. And if you look into Jennifer's eyes,sometimes you can see some sadness, maybe about having a mother that made "deals" with God. It would have been nice for Jennifer's mother to have praised and recognized her daughter's great acting ability, concerning which I am sure the author hasn't the slightest understanding. PS: God doesn't make "deals".
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Summary: Mother to daughter to friends
Review: Jen, I love you... Moms may say things that are so hurtfull with out even knowing it. Lord knows my Dow did. I have only grown from it. They are only thinking of us..Talk to your mom. Cousin Kimmy
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Summary: Mother to daughter to friends
Review: Jen, I love you... Moms may say things that hurt, Lord knows my Dow did, but I have only grown from it. They are only thinking of us.. Miss you.. Call Aunt Jean <please?> Cousin Kimmy :)
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Summary: contextual clarification
Review: just a quick note for anyone interested in buying this book: the entire "true" story relies upon a catalyst event that the author misrepresents by leaving out one key detail which she knows would dissuade serious critics and readers from buying or favoring her revelations about family estrangement. I happened to see the "news" interview Ms. Aniston refers to as the reason for Jennifer's distrust of their relationship. The news program which she says invited her to talk about her favorite private school and then manipulated her into talking about Jennifer's personal life is none other than HARD COPY. I saw the piece some years back and all I can say is any person who has spent five minutes in Hollywood and agrees to be interviewed on Hard Copy to talk about education is naive. But someone who claims to have as many industry "friendships" as Ms. Aniston, has spent years in the deception capitol of the world, has a news worthy daughter, and then goes on Hard Copy to talk about education is just plain pitiful. It is that decision and the story that unfolds because of it which becomes the greatest manipulation revealed in From Mother to Daughter to Friends. Though Ms. Aniston portrays herself as the mama bear who just wants the chance to protect her cub, it seems her cub got wise and found real shelter. And if this book is really about her and her personal revelations about single mothers why is she exploiting her famous daughter's image to sell it?
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Summary: Ugh...this book is nauseating.
Review: Nancy Aniston is a melodramatic whiner who is trying to cash in on her daughter's fame - plain and simple. She is emotionally unstable and a textbook manipulator. I think Jennifer Aniston is better off without her mother. Sometimes we have to rid our lives of toxic influences...even if that toxic influence is our mother.
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Summary: A Psychotherapist's Recommendation
Review: Nancy Aniston's book is an intimate look at the process of surviving the loss of a family member the hard way. Losing a child through death is very painful, but there is extra pain when a child rejects you. As a psychotherapist, I recommend this book for anyone dealing with the loss of a friend or family member after a misunderstanding. As in loss through death, you have to stop playing it over and over again in your mind, and Nancy shares her success
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Summary: How COULD she?
Review: No wonder Jennifer dropped her! This book is not to make amends but to make money! The author is a blatant liar and the book reeks of false sincerity! Worse than "Mommie Dearest", because at least THAT book was drivel, yes, but it was more or less honest! This his greedily hypocritic. The pits!
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