Learning to Fly: The Autobiography by Victoria Beckham
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Book Reviews of Learning to Fly: The Autobiography
Book Review: Love Posh!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always like victoria beckham, but this book really showed the person she truly is and how she got to where she is today, taking one day at a time and believeing in her self when no one else did. Definatly recommened for Posh Spice fans!!Book Review: Never Knew
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading this book, you really know what she went though and you learn things about her that you never knew. I loved this book!!!!Book Review: She's posh
Summary: 4 Stars
What can you expect from a book about one of the Spice Girls, ostensibly an autobiography but ghost written as well? To tell the truth, I was initially drawn to it merely in the hope of getting a better insight into David Beckham. Well, I got much more than I bargained for.
Perhaps the most interesting and remarkable facet of this rocker girl's career is the sheer illogic of it all, which she concedes from the outset. While she admits to dreaming the young girl's dream, she does not say that she deserved or even anticipated her future success. A misfit in school except for a very few confidants, she found her escape and release not in singing but in dance- to which she became obsessively devoted. After years of training and practice, with a little good fortune her drive to perform slowly led to some work, but nothing substantial or noteworthy. It was almost as a lark that she ultimately (if not desperately)auditioned and then became a member of an act that, at first, neither had a name nor a concept- but which evolved into the most spectacular "girl group" of a generation and a model for strong, assertive female stars. Indeed, when Spice Girls finally took off, it did so like a rocket.
If nothing else, Posh is honest about her show business journey. At times, yes, a tad self-consumed, she is, just the same, not reluctant to expose her shortcomings and insecurities (except concerning her singing ability- on that she's a bit unrealistic). She is likewise candid about her personal life, especially her serendipitous meeting with Beckham and their subsequent romance and marriage. Along the way, we are treated to Victoria's perspective on the Spice Girls, her friendships and trials with the other girls, her conflict with the management of the soccer club Manchester United, her relentless efforts to try to maintain privacy and security, particularly for her family, and the lessons that betrayal and loyalty (on more than one level) can teach.
I found this book to be an enjoyable read. It is not only informative, but, to my surprise, witty and clever as well. Whether that's to be attributed to the skill of the (real) writer or her subject matters not. Judgements about Victoria Beckham's character are, in any event, irrelevant. The fact is I became more intrigued by the story of the Posh half of "Posh & Becks" than I ever thought possible. The same goes for what I learned about the Spice Girls. I was enlightened and entertained, and, in the end, isn't that what we hope to derive from any piece of writing?
Book Review: Posh is as Posh does.
Summary: 4 Stars
First of all, let me state for the record that I was NEVER and never will be a spice girls fan. I actually loathed the group and pretty much wrote them off as untalented, over-paid tarts. I particularly hated the chubby blonde one and the skinny sour faced one - Posh. But a few years back, I happened to read an interview Posh did for a magazine. I was surprised at how honest she seemed to be. Then I kind of loosely followed her fashion career. Then I happened to get my hands on That Extra Half an Inch. I loved it. So, when I saw this book used for 10p, I thought Why not?
I read the whole thing in 3 days. I was amazed. I came from a place of total dislike for her group and specifically for her. But upon reading the book, I found that her whole "Posh" persona was not her doing. It was put upon her by the media. She was candid and brutally honest about her own short comings and talent. She says right from the beginning that she's never what one would consider a natural talent. She goes on to be even more brutally honest about her weight problems, being a pimply kid, being middle class (a distainful thing in England) and even her learning disabilities.
While I will never be a fan of her "music", I must say that I can certainly respect her new fashion career and the fact that underneath all that glamour, she's just your standard wife and mother that loves her family and acknowledges that she has been very blessed.
Book Review: A glimpse inside Miss Posh
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book over the summer & I must say, it was quite an entertaining read. Victoria is blatantly honest, she tells you up from the get go that she's never been a big fan of school and how she was isolated as a youth but how she came alive through dance. I think she has a very supporitve family. She gives us glimpses of her so called "Posh Life". I love the fact that this book came with pictures. It's really entertaining but at times it's honesty kinda hurts. I really didn't fancy her golddigger boyfriend but was happy when she met her true love, David Beckham, also a tragic time in her life was when her security guard faked the whole paranoia plot to keep work. Though many ups and downs Victoria has had a fairy tale life, not only was she a part of the biggest selling girl group of all times but she's constantly about buisness and maintaining a healthy family life.
Kudos to Mrs. Beckham for a job well done.
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