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Post by mireille on Feb 19, 2014 19:58:58 GMT
Last Christmas I got Home and Julie Andrews(Richard Stirling).
I found them fascinating,
Especially Home was a real eye opener and made me admire Julie even more.
Are there more ‘must-read’ books around?
I know she writes children’s books, but as English isn’t my children’s Native Language I don’t think I’ll buy them…. Although I’m sure my girls would love the Very fairy princess.
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Feb 20, 2014 1:01:15 GMT
Post by indigoblue on Feb 20, 2014 1:01:15 GMT
There is a thread on Books on TSOM in the General Section (near the bottom of the boards), last post was Oct 27 so you have to go quite far down in it before you get there. Do please add Home and Julie, and your thoughts on them as I don't think we have got those there, and the more the better!
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Post by mireille on Feb 20, 2014 6:09:22 GMT
Thank you. Actually wanted to know more about JA's books. I'll have a look at the other thread.
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Post by gothicbutterfly95 on Apr 5, 2014 4:42:05 GMT
Yeah, I bought Home today. Can't wait to read it. Eventually I'll probably get around buying some other ones, but I thought I'd start with this
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Apr 5, 2014 7:31:47 GMT
Post by mireille on Apr 5, 2014 7:31:47 GMT
You'll love it! I read it in a few days. I still have it laying on my night stand and have a look in it now and then.
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Post by utility_singer on Apr 5, 2014 11:26:37 GMT
Home is a lovely read. It really made me wonder how she turned out to be such a lovely person, after some of the things she went through in her early life. I have the Stirling book but haven't gotten to it yet.
I bought Mandy for my 9 year old, but she hasn't yet earned it (she gets rewards for doing homework without complaint).
I have her nursery rhyme book, and also bought that to give as a baby gift--it is beautiful.
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Post by lemacd on Apr 5, 2014 13:28:32 GMT
That was my thought too, that there really is this misperception that JA must have come from some magical place and raised by fairies and unicorns because she is so supremely amazing. Meanwhile the reality was quite different. And the book never comes across as a complaint. Anyway... Happy reading.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 22:30:16 GMT
In a documentary I have on Julie, Tony Walton is interviewed and he says that all the letters she wrote to him and all her journals when she was young were along the lines of her having this sort of wonderful magical life, where as in fact it was the opposite. Maybe writing like it was fun and nice and happy helped her escape the reality somehow?
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Post by augiesannie on Apr 6, 2014 1:36:48 GMT
I loved Home (it was an audiobook, so how wonderful to hear her read it!) and that's really when I learned for the first time about the life she'd led adn how complicated a person she is - no wonder she was in all that analysis! And the more I learn, here and elsewhere, the more true that seems to become - the more complex she becomes and the more I admire her.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 4:07:42 GMT
I loved Home (it was an audiobook, so how wonderful to hear her read it!) and that's really when I learned for the first time about the life she'd led adn how complicated a person she is - no wonder she was in all that analysis! And the more I learn, here and elsewhere, the more true that seems to become - the more complex she becomes and the more I admire her. Oh oh oh oh!!! Audio book!!! I NEED IT!!!!! |
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Apr 6, 2014 11:07:36 GMT
Post by augiesannie on Apr 6, 2014 11:07:36 GMT
'twas from the library, alas.
I also have the Stirling book, from which I learned a lot, although it made me feel a little grimily Hollywood confidential. All the ugly gossip about her marriages and so on.
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Apr 6, 2014 20:32:30 GMT
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2014 20:32:30 GMT
I looked up getting the audio book yesterday. I'll buy it but just not sure when I'll get around to doing it
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Post by gothicbutterfly95 on Apr 7, 2014 6:03:50 GMT
Yeah, I can't wait to read it. The idea of Julie growing up around fairies and unicorns is so amusing. I wonder if they had magical nannies and governesses who made clothes for them out of curtains. (LOL)
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Post by josephine on Apr 8, 2014 0:00:23 GMT
I loved Home (it was an audiobook, so how wonderful to hear her read it!) and that's really when I learned for the first time about the life she'd led adn how complicated a person she is - no wonder she was in all that analysis! And the more I learn, here and elsewhere, the more true that seems to become - the more complex she becomes and the more I admire her. Oh oh oh oh!!! Audio book!!! I NEED IT!!!!! I have this audiobook uploaded here: www.4shared.com/folder/KLezn32J/Home.htmlIf you want to listen to it. I am still uploading it all so be patient. I do suggest buying it eventually because it is worth to have. ~Josephine |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 0:04:08 GMT
thanks josephine!! I will have a listen but I'll still probably go and buy it. I need everything Julie!!! PS: lovely to hear from you!! |
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Post by UnusualCliche on Jul 30, 2014 5:54:42 GMT
I so wish to read home, aside from it being a book about Julie I found myself fascinated by the whole vaudeville history in it. I actually spent hours researching it on wikipedia the other day.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 14:43:04 GMT
Julie often speaks that the writing about vaudeville history was one of the most important pieces for her to include when writing her book. She was frustrated by the media's focus on the more salacious parts of her story such as her life with her step-father.
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Post by UnusualCliche on Jul 31, 2014 3:30:47 GMT
Oh that sounds about right, I wouldn't think she would want to take advantage of her own sadness in order to make money, right?
I'm actually thankful she had the guts to write something like this and publish it.
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Post by sagaofjenny on Nov 17, 2014 3:58:19 GMT
I started reading Home late last night and finished it this evening. What an absolutely fascinating read. My only disappointment was that it only covered her life up until she started filming Mary Poppins. I understand that Julie kind of wants people to know who she was before she became world famous and was typecast so heavily into that squeaky clean governess niche, but I think it'd be fascinating to get her full personal insights to later events in her life too.
I only got an ebook because I had a gift card lying around and had wanted to read it for a very very very long time. I know I'm definitely getting a physical copy sometime in the future.
I'd also like to check out the other biography by Stirling.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 20:58:07 GMT
I still plan to buy the audio book of "Home". Sigh.... Julie read by Julie.... can it get any better than that?? (now shut up @charleybec)
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Post by utility_singer on Nov 18, 2014 2:04:51 GMT
Not better, but equal, would be Christopher read by Christopher. That's on my wish list <3
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Post by paula on Nov 18, 2014 9:03:24 GMT
Not better, but equal, would be Christopher read by Christopher. That's on my wish list <3 Just imagine listening to his sexy voice reading for hours......  |
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Post by utility_singer on Nov 18, 2014 11:41:25 GMT
Not better, but equal, would be Christopher read by Christopher. That's on my wish list <3 Just imagine listening to his sexy voice reading for hours...... I'd be completely non-functional. |
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Post by sagaofjenny on Mar 23, 2015 18:40:26 GMT
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Post by utility_singer on Mar 23, 2015 23:02:38 GMT
Yep!!! Soooo excited for this!! |
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Post by augiesannie on Mar 27, 2015 0:32:52 GMT
Me too. Although as I said on Facebook, I wonder if the research will be as exhaustive as for Home. That was the reason she said originally she couldn't do it. And will she be as revealing or tell the same old stories? I'll love it either way.
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Post by UnusualCliche on Apr 1, 2015 2:35:45 GMT
Me too!!!! I wonder how I'll be able to wait for such along time, but I hope she'll put as much effort in this one as she did the last, so I'm okay with waiting... |
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Post by thebeestings on Apr 26, 2015 18:08:16 GMT
I can tell you that my girls love the Very Fairy Princess Books--and when they first came out only one of them could read but they both loved looking at the pictures We even stood in an impossibly long line at our bookstore to have Julie sign their copy. I was so twitterpated at meeting her I hardly said a word but my they five year old rose to the occasion and did most of the talking for us! She walked right up and said, "Your Thoroughly Modern Millie! Sometimes we tap dance in elevators just like you did!". And right there in the bookstore Julie herself got up from signing books and did a soft shoe with my five year old and three year old. They are going to be talking about that for the rest of their lives. She is every bit as delightful in person as you would imagine her to be. I didn't even know about Home, I can't wait to read it! |
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Post by clarinetjamie on Apr 26, 2015 22:27:03 GMT
Oh what a wonderful memory for your girls to have. Love it thebeestings. Yeah I would like to read that book when it comes out as well.
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