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Summary: Touching, honest, and awe-inspiring !
Review: I admit it -- I've been bitten, bullied, browbeaten, and berated all my life. People have "called me crazy" ever since I was first published in the sadly now defunct Butler Middle School weekly gazette. As a former fellow sometime-thespian and on-again, off-again fan of UFOs and space aliens, reading this book was like reading my own autobiography. Even the most skeptical reader is sure to be seduced by Anne's detailed anatomical description of Ellen (including measurements). This "tell-all" book made me want to fall into Ellen's loving embrace and subject myself to her sharp-as-needles wit and sexually deviant proclivities. My heart goes out to anyone who's ever been involved in a lesbian relationship with a chainsmoking straight woman, be it Anne and her former paramour or myself and my former soulmate, Brenda.
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Summary: What a piece of dreck..
Review: Save your money. This is worthless.
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Summary: Call Me Contrived
Review: I've been a fan of Anne Heche's since her days on "Another World". In fact, the best part of this book, for me, was her recounting of her time on the soap. However, the rest of the book falls flat. It reads like fiction (bad fiction at that) rather than a memoir. As for her "revelations" of insanity and sexual abuse I'm led to wonder, especially in light of her performance (and I believe it was a performance, not an interview)on 20/20, if any of it is real. I wonder if the book is part of the show? I don't believe there's a sincere word in her story- not even her explanation for her affair with and supposed affection for Ellen Degeners. And as for her personal philosophy, the less said the better (it's a lot of new age bunk). I wish her well. I also wish I had my money back
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Summary: Not even worth one star on rating!
Review: A friend loaned me this book hoping I would find some redeeming quality in the story. I did NOT. The writing style is very poor, the story too nutsy to even be close to reality. I think Anne has pulled off another coup....she keeps herself in the news with her various antics...this is just the latest of many. If she writes this with any belief that it is fully true, she needs years of analysis. There's so many better actors/actresses out there doing things for society and Anne's whole focus is simply Anne. Forget it, it's a waste of paper.
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Summary: God bless Anne!
Review: I just have to say that the ones writing the reviews seem a little heartless. To survive sexual abuse of any nature deserves applause itself, but to open yourself up like that & let the world know what most people know & just won't admit is just plain admirable. I have worked with a lot of women that have survived that kind of abuse that have done a lot stranger things than Anne. The abuse people endure is bad enough & trying to live with the after affects is even harder, but to heal & then help others, or atleast reach out & try to.....that is just heroic. I love Anne & I am glad she's married with a child on the way. So what if she's not with Ellen, get over it everybody. The gay community has had way too much fun bashing her & it just shows their bad side, not hers. God bless Anne!
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Summary: "Anne...ya want some cheese with that whine?"
Review: By now we should all be sick and tired of actress/model/pop types who try to identify themselves as victims in one form or another. LIFE IS TOUGH, DEAL WITH IT. Actually this is an OK read if you are really into Anne Heche but I fail to generate any sympathy myself. It would be more interesting as a BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL presentation.
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Summary: Life narrative
Review: I once had a professor in college who spoke to my class about the importance of knowing your own life narrative. I grow scared of this notion because there are parts of my life I have difficult integrating into my narrative, especially early childhood events related to sexual abuse. What Anne Heche has done here is increadibly brave. She has presented her whole life narrative. Whether it is intended for a large readership I don't care. There are some out there who will find strength in her courage. She is to be commended.
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Summary: A beautiful book...soulful and warm
Review: I read this book after Talk magazine recommended it as one of the top picks of the month, and I was very moved by it's graciousness, its love for the reader, and its general longing for healing, for wholeness, for wonder. Anne Heche is of course a cracked vessel, as we all are, and she writes out of brokenness. This is very difficult to do. I read hundreds of memoirs, and I count those ones as literary who manage to do this, to muster strength out of their weakness, and joy out of great hardship. Read this book. Love yourself.
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Summary: Remember she is an actor
Review: I kept reading this book and could find nothing solid! Anne is very iffy and about her sexual abuse. Is she saying she has MPD? I have read many books on multiple personality. These people have documented many personalities in one; they show how the people were formed and their purpose. They have document their sexual and physical abuse: i.e. When Rabbit Howells, Prism, First Person Plural and there are numerous others articles and books. I don't see Anne as a multiple personality. However,I see an excuse for her using drugs and alcoholand unpredictable behavior. She alludes towards the end of the book that one needs to take responsibility for ones actions and not have a pile of excuses. In her case her "crazy" behavior, her drug/alcohol use and her skipping around from partner to partner behavior was all of her own doing. The dysfunction in her family was acceptable while she was growing up and that behavior was familiar to her. Thus she performed and acted out. People make their own choices. I think this book was an attempt to let the public know why she was found doing drugs in the dessert and how the break up with Ellen affected her. I think she was making excuses for herself and yet trying to explain herself. Her relationships were never long or strong whether straight or gay it made no difference. Anne seems to still have a need to justify her behavior whether straight or gay! Anne seems to bore easily. Maybe she does loose track of herself? She seems to be apologizing to "Ellen" without actually talking to her. Is this a ploy? Read my book?
I have watched Anne since she was on Another World...from the first aired date. I am glad that Kale Brown and Anna Stuart befriend Anne and tried to help guide her. Anne did a wonderful job Vikki/Marley was a handful. I have followed her career; I look for movies she has been in just to see Anne. I admire her acting skills, she is a wonderful actress. Her life and her writing skills are another matter I watched Barbara Walters and I watched Today with Mat Lauer. Anne looks so subdue, so young and sweet. I try to remember that she is an actress and has successfully portrayed any part she has played.
Anne speaks honorably about her many short relationships and seems to say only nice things about her significant others. I also tend to believe that she seems to be the problem in her own life. I wonder what those significant others felt.
Now that she is married and expecting a baby of her own I sincerely hope that she continues with her counseling. I hope that she is finished trying LSD and other drugs....I have always heard that experiencing with LSD your trips can revisit you in scary ways. Thus the space ship....Celestia.....and the forth dimension. Or was it just because she impulsively decided to take a hit of ecstasy?
I hope Anne's escapades and excuses don't stop her from acting. I honestly look forward to seeing other movies staring or co-staring Anne Heche. I also hope she clears up her God, Jesus, Holy Spirit theories/views and comes to a comfortable existence with a Higher Power that she chooses. I have decided that I will call Anne "Celestia" and she can call me Doubting Thomas!
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Summary: Child abuse does make people crazy.
Review: The people dissing this book just don't seem to get it. I even suspect that many of those claiming not to like the book are simply Ellen fans who are still mad at Anne.This book is an amazing inside look into the mind of a girl and the effects of her sexual abuse as a child. The book brought tears to the eyes of two women friends who each suffered sexual abuse as young children. All three of us read this book in a single non-stop sitting. Each of us picking up the book intending to read a single chapter before bed, and then finding ourselves still awake at 4:00am unable to stop reading till the end. Ann is/was crazy. Her story is crazy. Her writing style is crazy. But for those looking to read one of the most honest inside looks at star available today, this book is it. There is no PR fluff here. Anne screams, she cries, she exposes her innermost thoughts and secrets. I will admit that this book isn't for the reader who simply wants to get details about the relationship between Ellen and Anne. But to give this book any less than 4 or 5 stars is to admit that you just didn't get it.
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