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Summary: You go, girl!
Review: O'Donnell is an ordinary person who has had a tremendous run of good fortune. If you found her talk show entertaining, you will probably enjoy this not-very-revealing, formulaic autobiography. (It's a very fast read, because you never feel the need to pause and reflect; there's nothing that merits close attention.) If you found her talk show dull, if you found her chatter shallow, nothing in this book is going to convince you that the woman has any depths. The book is a verbose reiteration of what she has already said in her recent TV interviews. You've heard of novelizations? This book is an autobiographization.
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Summary: What a touching and thought provoking book!
Review: I wasn't quite sure what to think of the book before I got it. All the hype-it is nothing like I thought it would be. I thought it would be another famous person's tale of woe. It is nothing of the kind. It touches me and makes me want to be better, to do better. It brings back memories of things I'd rather forget but yet makes me feel okay with them. Rosie has done a great job of letting us into her world but not too far. She is so open and honest, it is just like she is a close friend sharing secrets and things from her life with you. You do not feel as though there is any "star" attitude. A very loving and touching memoir. Good job Rosie and way to go!!
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Summary: compelling and surprising
Review: I read this book in a matter of hours--yes it is slim, but it is also compelling. It is not an autobiography; it is a memoir of a specific experience and the memories and buried feelings that experience digs up. I thought I knew where this book was going, but it surprised me. Ms. O'Donnell is a talented writer; you can hear her voice, her conversational tone, and yet she crafts some beautiful and evocative prose.
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Summary: Powerful, touching, surprising
Review: As a fan of Rosie O'Donnell I ordered this book as soon as it was announced as a pre-purchase, completely unaware of what it would contain. I received it yesterday and finished reading it this morning. This book reads very quickly. I was completely caught up in this incredible story and unable to put it down. The book was a complete surprise, the story was touching, powerful and not at all what I expected. The most pleasant surprise of this book was Rosie's writing style. I found her words to be honest, direct, raw and engrossingly warm to read. This book broke my heart but then left me with an enriched understanding of the human spirit and humanity. As a fan of Ms. O'Donnell, I now completely understand why she is leaving her show. I will miss her, but I only hope that this book is the beginning of more books to come from a naturally gifted, touching author. I will recommend this book to everyone I know, it will be my favorite gift to give this year.
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Summary: Touching
Review: I bought a copy of "Find Me" by Rosie O'Donnell because I've always been a great fan of hers from the time she was on MTV. I really enjoyed her book and respect her for being so honest and revealing such a private and unusual experience. For many in the spotlight it could be terribly embarrasing. Not only does she bring us into her world both past and present, but she also brings to light a little about the world of mental illness and those left behind. The parts about her childhood and her mother at times made me cry because I could so identify with her thoughts and emotions. It was uncanny how she put to words how I've felt so many times and the attitudes we both share.In the book she tells of how she comes to know a girl, via e-mail, who is pregnant and looking to put her baby up for adoption. As it turns out the girl is one of many personalities of a woman states away with a computer and an internet connection. She never asks anything of Ro but does form an interesting and sometimes scary relationship with her. Time goes by and more and more is revealed to Ro as she figures out that what she thinks is real is not. That does not scare her away. It just poses more of a challenge for her and she continues to try and "find" and help this woman. Her journey also takes her back into her childhood where the nuances of this girl spark memories of days where, for Ro, things weren't so rosey. She takes you along with her giving you a glipse of what life was like growing up poor with a sick mother who leaves her life all too soon. The criticism I have about the book is that it was too short and I wish that it had a bit more depth. When I finished the book I was left wanting to learn more about "Ro" and her life. It would be nice if she could put to paper the story of her childhood and how she got to where she is today.
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Summary: A well written honest story
Review: I loved this book. This book was very honest. It teaches the reader about Rosie, the real rosie and the show-biz Rosie. The story of Stacie is almost unbelievable. As the reader is traveling through the story you almost forget you are reading a true story. Rosie definately writes well and keeps the reader interested. I read the book in one sitting! I couldn't put it down. I would highly reccommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great story and this one isnt fiction! The ending of the book, I got the "spingles."
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Summary: Good but...
Review: It a eassy and interesting book to read. Rosie is a good story teller, she make you care about the person in the book, make you want to know more about them. She relate funny and sad memories. It start good but become very confusing and very hard to believe but has life is strange sometime truth is more strange then movie and this time this story is very strange. The book left me wondering why to some questions I have. How come Melissa said she was pregnant, how could she make it beleive to Rosie. It's pretty hard to believe that Rosie had fall for all this, that story is very strange but surely can be true.
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Summary: Find Me Review by Molly D
Review: The book I read is called Find Me by Rosie O' Donnell. This book tells about Rosie's life as a child and her life when she was older. This book focused mainly on a character named Stacie. It talked a lot about finding yourself and trusting people. It makes you think about how by trusting someone you could be helping them and helping yourself.
The book starts off talking about Rosie's childhood. In the book Rosie uses flashes back a lot. Rosie lived at home with her mom, dad and four brothers and sisters. When Rosie was young her mother got breast cancer. No one told Rosie what her mother had, Rosie never knew until her mother died. Rosie was a strong child and very smart. She wanted to know everything in life and she found everything out on her own. When Rosie's mother died it forced her to be independent. Rosie took everything her mother said and brought it to her life. She was a determined child with a big heart.
When Rosie got older she became an actress and comedian. After becoming a comedian she got her own show, The Rosie O' Donnell Show. Rosie also opened and owns an adoption center. Rosie meets a girl named Stacie through her adoption center. The impact of meeting Stacie was so great that Rosie's life was never the same. One day a woman named Barbra called Rosie's Adoption center and told her about her 14-year old daughter. Barbra's daughter, Stacie, was raped by a minister and she was now pregnant. Barbra wanted to talk to Rosie about having the baby adopted after it was born. For some reason Rosie felt a connection to Stacie and wanted to help in anyway she could. Stacie and Rosie began talking on the phone every once and a while. Then they began to talk all the time, at least 3 times a day. Rosie's friends were worried about Rosie being so obsessed with this young girl; they didn't think Rosie should trust someone she had never met. They thought Stacie and her family were going to scam Rosie for her money. Rosie trusted Stacie. One day Stacie got sick and was in the hospital. Rosie called everyday to check up on her. Soon Stacie was physically better but mentally worse. She was sent to the psych ward. Rosie sent gifts hoping they would help Stacie feel better. Once Stacie had improved she tells Rosie she hasn't felt the baby move. It ends up the baby had died but Stacie still had to deliver it. Rosie calls the social worker who was working with the adoptive parents for Stacie's baby. The social worker tells Rosie there is no baby. Rosie tells her she knows the baby died. The social worker explains to Rosie she looked up Barbra, Doug and Stacie and there are no such people. There was no 14-year old girl in the hospital that they said Stacie had been in. Stacie was just a hoax.
Once Rosie finds out there is no Stacie she wants to get to the bottom of things. She calls the local police in the town where Stacie said she lived. The police couldn't give Rosie too much information, but they told Rosie the house that was said to be Stacie's was owned by a Melissa Star. Rosie calls Melissa and Melissa has no clue who Rosie is. Melissa does give Rosie her therapist's number. After talking to Tina, the therapist, Rosie discovers that Melissa has Multiple Personality Disorder and Stacie, Barb and Doug are some of her Personalities. This doesn't stop Rosie from being attached to Stacie. She becomes friends with Melissa. Rosie buys Melissa a new computer and an internet connection so they can e-mail each other. As Rosie receives the e-mails she meets different personalities. She meets Nancy, who is the writer of the group. She also meets Kate who is very mean. Kate burns Melissa body and causes the most pain to the body. Rosie becomes more obsessed with reading her e-mail and other things in her real life become less important to her.
Rosie decides she wants to meet Melissa. So Rosie arranges for Melissa and Tina to come to her show and stay at a nearby hotel for the weekend. When Rosie meets Melissa, she realizes she is just a normal woman even though she has Multiple Personality Disorder. Melissa never changes personality during their visit but she does have lots of burns on her. When Melissa leaves Rosie says, "She took my obsession with her in her carry on bag." After Rosie meets Melissa her suspicions were gone and she was able to get back to her real life, with her real friends and family. Rosie never heard from Stacie again, but she keeps in touch with Melissa. Rosie always says "Nothing happens by chance."
This book had many strengths. One of its strengths are the characters. The way Rosie described the people in this book made you feel as though you knew them. She explained them well. The way she talks about the characters makes you almost as obsessed with them as she was. The plot of the book was very good. It keeps you very interested and you never know what is going to happen next. It is not a predictable book, which makes you want to keep reading to see what will come next.
This book also had some weaknesses. One thing I didn't like about this book was there was not much information on Melissa different personalities. I think it would have been more interesting to meet more personalities or have more detail of some of them. The ending of the book felt a little abrupt. The book was so good I think it should have gone on a little longer and given the reader a little more information.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It has mystery in it and makes you want to keep reading. It also has a lot of life lessons. The book really makes you think about life and yourself. Would you trust a stranger? Do you trust yourself? Most of all does everything happen by chance?
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Summary: Different, but Interesting Read
Review: Rosie's book, "Find Me" was not what I expected at all. Having heard no publicity for the book (apparently I live in a cave), I went in thinking it was to be a coming out tale, a story about show business, et cetera. Instead, I was greeted with the tale of how at first Rosie went out her way to help a 14 year old woman, then bit by bit the pieces started coming apart to reveal a complex and completely different story. It was frightening at times to go into her mind, to see what issues she had battled, but so refreshing to rememeber she has her demons too. She is a person with real emotions and real feelings. It was nice to see the mask come down for these two hundred pages. It's an easy read--there's nothing terribly complex in the book. If you're interested in a different side of a celebrity who seems to be very familiar to us all, I encourage you to pick this book up.
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