Home CD: A Memoir of My Early Years
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Book Reviews of Home CD: A Memoir of My Early Years
Book Review: Andrews's Home
Summary: 5 Stars
Dame Julie Andrews is our British import of an AMERICAN Sweetheart. She captures our hearts in whatever she does from Maria in The Sound of Music to Guenevere in Broadway's Camelot and of course, the role she is best known for, Mary Poppins. Her words and career are like the songs she sings
WHAT DO THE SIMPLE FOLKS DO?...However one would wonder her humble beginning. Well in Home, Andrews does a great job in recanting her family history with the warth she has always been known for.
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN....Ms Andrews takes on the on of storyteller in her family history and her early career (pre-Mary Poppins). She leaves no stone unturned as she climbs into the family history. Her narrative exutes the warmth she brings to her films. Her voice creates verbal characters with ease, which makes this thirteen hour production seem like a breeze.
JUST A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR... The narrative seems indepth but still too nice in spots. Andrews makes her family likeable. I dont know if it her narrative or her story. She does not SUGAR coat her words, it just seems like happy reflection.
IT'S A LOVELY HOLIDAY...Andrews narrating skills are nice. She developes each family member in a different voice. She recants even a nasty situation with a niceness in her voice that you know the displeasure, but it is semi-sugar coated by Andrews pleasant vocals.
MY FAVORITE THINGS...This audio is what a simple biography should be. It is an honest piece of life. The story of the making of an actress. her real life ups and downs told in the fondness of reflections. Her voice may not be in great singing quality, but I wish I could listen to her narrate more audio productions. One would hope she would narrate someof her children's books
THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO DO..This audio memoir syop at 1962 when she was given the role of Mary Poppins. With an audio memoir this good, i have one personal request.... Ms Andrews, please hurry and write the second volume of your memiors (and of course put it to audio) soon
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
Book Review: Home
Summary: 5 Stars
Home - A Memoir of My Early Years is an awesome CD. I felt like I was sitting accross from Julie Andrews and listening to her read to me. It is a surprising insight into her growing years both personally and as an entertainer. From the beginning one is felt drawn to her, the hardships, her sadness, her courage and determination, makes you very aware this amasing, gentle, elegant, loved icon has guts. She is a powerful role model for all women young and old. This CD is a must have for all Julie Andrew fans like myself. Beautifully packaged and arrived in good time.
Thankyou.
Book Review: Pure Delight
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved listening to Home - Julie Andrews' memoir of her childhood and early career - in Julie's clear beautiful English voice. It doesn't seem fair that one person can be so multitalented! She is a wonderful writer besides being an amazing singer, children's book author and actress. Her childhood was difficult but she had an especially loving father. Her mother was another story. I was intrigued by her experiences starring on Broadway in My Fair Lady when she was only 21 years old. Filled with ancedotes and related very candidly in Julie's always classy way, this is a book to savor. Book Review: JULIE ANDREWS: HER OWN WORDS, HER OWN VOICE
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this audiobook CD set simultaneously with the hardcover edition of the book "Home: A Memoir Of My Early Years" by Julie Andrews. I urge all true fans of the actress/author to do the very same. I read the hardcover book first, and have been enjoying listening to Julie Andrews "tell" me the story of her incredible life from 1935-1962 again on the 11-CD set; which is unabridged.
For my thoughts on the autobiography and Miss Andrews herself, please read my review of the book. I don't want to repeat what I've stated in the "book" review. But it is a real gift for her many fans, and much more so for her own family, to have her incredible life told in her own words and in her own voice on CD recordings. "Home" ranks with Patty Duke's "Call Me Anna," Carol Burnett's "One More Time" and Mary Tyler Moore's "After All" as one of the most honest, candid, and courageous celebrity autobiographies I have ever read. Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore, incidentally, are also friends/colleagues of Julie Andrews.
In an age when most celebrity autobiographies/biographies are filled with monumental amounts of conjecture, speculation, self-pity, and self-absorbtion, "Home" stands out as a breath of fresh air. Julie Andrews writes and tells her story with wit, warmth, generousity, perception, and pathos. To reiterate my closing statement from my earlier "book" review: Julie Andrews proves that she is, without a doubt, one of the last, true "class acts" left in show business.
Book Review: Julie Andrews' Memoirs: A Must Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Julie Andrews' new book "Home" is beautifully written and captivating. She writes with an authenticity that combines the trauma of her early years, her relentless love of family, her naivete to being a rising star, with humor and unquestionable inspiration. I could not put her book down -- at the same time not wanting it to end. I was quite taken by surprise to realize how very physically and emotionally challenging her young life was. Yet she turned her pain into courage and determination as she pursued her passion -- music. I was 14 when "Sound of Music" made its film debut and at such a young age, found her to be such a wonderful role model and inspiration in my own life. I have saw her in an outdoor theater in 1978, on Broadway in "Victor/Victoria" in 1996 and watched every film and television program where she appeared. As an adult, I admired her integrity and privacy. I always secretly wished that some day I might meet Julie and know more about her. Thank you Julie opening your heart and sharing your memoirs with all of us. It has been a privilege to get to know you. And, I sincerely hope there will be more volumes to follow.