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Summary: What a woman!
Review: I have listened to this book on CD's not once but twice. Anne Robinson reads her work and does it with wit, sadness, honesty, and intelligence.She pulled out all stops and doesn't give herself any slack. I found myself laughing in parts and even crying in parts. She talks about her life from childhood to the present and her success on The Weakest Link. She's my hero!
Rating:
Summary: What a woman!
Review: I have listened to this book on CD's not once but twice. Anne Robinson reads her work and does it with wit, sadness, honesty, and intelligence. She pulled out all stops and doesn't give herself any slack. I found myself laughing in parts and even crying in parts. She talks about her life from childhood to the present and her success on The Weakest Link. She's my hero!
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Summary: Cheers to Anne Robinson!
Review: If you think you know all there is to know about Ms. Robinson, then you obviously haven't read her book: "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother". I found this to be one of the few - in a large selection of books - that I could not put down. In this autobiography, Ms. Robinson describes her early years as a young girl in Liverpool to working at a newpaper on Fleet Street. The difficulty she experienced as a woman, unprepared for marriage, and the heartbreak of losing a daughter. Her battle with alcoholism, and her comeback to the newspaper business. Ms. Robinson has lead a roller coaster of a life, and it's not over yet. Whether you love or hate her, there's no doubt we'll be seeing more of her, and I for one hope it will be for quite a long while. She may be the Queen of Mean, but she's quite a lady.
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Summary: Cheers to Anne Robinson!
Review: If you think you know all there is to know about Ms. Robinson, then you obviously haven't read her book: "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother". I found this to be one of the few - in a large selection of books - that I could not put down. In this autobiography, Ms. Robinson describes her early years as a young girl in Liverpool to working at a newpaper on Fleet Street. The difficulty she experienced as a woman, unprepared for marriage, and the heartbreak of losing a daughter. Her battle with alcoholism, and her comeback to the newspaper business. Ms. Robinson has lead a roller coaster of a life, and it's not over yet. Whether you love or hate her, there's no doubt we'll be seeing more of her, and I for one hope it will be for quite a long while. She may be the Queen of Mean, but she's quite a lady.
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Summary: Weakest Link, She Is Not
Review: In this brisk, mostly no-nonsense book, Ms. Robinson lays out her life like a feature story in the Sunday Times. She paints a witty portrait of her mother (who deserves her own book), a domineering, beautifully dressed, luxury-loving, hard driving businesswoman and a protective overbearing mother. Interestingly, this description fits author Anne like a glove. In affairs of the heart, Anne calls herself a "belligerent doormat." I loved this phrase! I doubt that many of her long-term love interests would have agreed with the "doormat" part, but she felt/feels she takes to heart every criticism made of her and goes into a passive/aggressive mode. Though she seems very bare bones honest in reporting her emotional entanglements, there are strange gaps. For instance, how in the world did she make her second husband-to-be so angry with her that he testified against her in the custody trial for her daughter? "Memoirs--" is worth the price if for no other reason than Ms. Robinson's honest and bleak reporting of her crippling alcoholism and how she gradually climbed out of this life-threatening spiral of devastation. And it did ruin her career and almost kill her. Interestingly, Ms. Robinson, though she spares herself very little, is a champion grudge holder. She clearly has never forgiven the court for the judgment that caused her to lose custody of her daughter. Yet at the time, she was a non-functional alcoholic who was totally undependable. She turned her life around big time, and went on to become a highly successful reporter, radio and TV personality, which I found quite inspiring. I admit I have not yet seen "The Weakest Link," but now cannot wait to see her. I am sure Ms. Robinson can triumph in any and all situations. The book is well written, just what you would expect of a top-flight reporter. She has an excellent, if acerbic, sense of humor that makes her story even more enjoyable.
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Summary: Weakest Link, She Is Not
Review: In this brisk, mostly no-nonsense book, Ms. Robinson lays out her life like a feature story in the Sunday Times. She paints a witty portrait of her mother (who deserves her own book), a domineering, beautifully dressed, luxury-loving, hard driving businesswoman and a protective overbearing mother. Interestingly, this description fits author Anne like a glove. In affairs of the heart, Anne calls herself a "belligerent doormat." I loved this phrase! I doubt that many of her long-term love interests would have agreed with the "doormat" part, but she felt/feels she takes to heart every criticism made of her and goes into a passive/aggressive mode. Though she seems very bare bones honest in reporting her emotional entanglements, there are strange gaps. For instance, how in the world did she make her second husband-to-be so angry with her that he testified against her in the custody trial for her daughter? "Memoirs--" is worth the price if for no other reason than Ms. Robinson's honest and bleak reporting of her crippling alcoholism and how she gradually climbed out of this life-threatening spiral of devastation. And it did ruin her career and almost kill her. Interestingly, Ms. Robinson, though she spares herself very little, is a champion grudge holder. She clearly has never forgiven the court for the judgment that caused her to lose custody of her daughter. Yet at the time, she was a non-functional alcoholic who was totally undependable. She turned her life around big time, and went on to become a highly successful reporter, radio and TV personality, which I found quite inspiring. I admit I have not yet seen "The Weakest Link," but now cannot wait to see her. I am sure Ms. Robinson can triumph in any and all situations. The book is well written, just what you would expect of a top-flight reporter. She has an excellent, if acerbic, sense of humor that makes her story even more enjoyable.
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Summary: Un-put-downable!
Review: Like me, I think that many mothers have a nagging doubt that they're in some way falling short. In some way - 'unfit'. Ann Robinson's memoirs is an honest description of her own roller-coaster experience of motherhood. It leaves you feeling that if she could go through all that and still create a balanced and happy daughter there is hope for the rest of us!
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Summary: Un-put-downable!
Review: Like me, I think that many mothers have a nagging doubt that they're in some way falling short. In some way - 'unfit'. Ann Robinson's memoirs is an honest description of her own roller-coaster experience of motherhood. It leaves you feeling that if she could go through all that and still create a balanced and happy daughter there is hope for the rest of us!
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Summary: Seesaw
Review: This a book of incredible honesty through a life of many ups and downs, and how a woman journalist in the last century had to be twice as good as her male counterpart to succeed. Anne Robinson got to the top in print journalism and then in television in Britain and America. The book is a fascinating read. I had the honor of being a colleague of Anne on the Sunday Times, London, in the l970s and 80s.
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Summary: Seesaw
Review: This a book of incredible honesty through a life of many ups and downs, and how a woman journalist in the last century had to be twice as good as her male counterpart to succeed. Anne Robinson got to the top in print journalism and then in television in Britain and America. The book is a fascinating read. I had the honor of being a colleague of Anne on the Sunday Times, London, in the l970s and 80s.
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