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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Couldn't put it down!,
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This review is from: Beverly: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
I REALLY enjoyed this! I must say that this is a captivating and extremely well-written book. It's so conversational and light-hearted. She's delightfully frank and writes about every rumor and story you've heard about her. No frosting the truth here. She discusses in wonderful detail every experience, good, bad, scandelous, embarrasing happening that contributed to her fabulous career. After reading this, I found myself completely admiring this woman's strength, stamina, and courage. She had a lot to deal with in her life and got through it all admirably.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Everything's Coming Up Beverly!,
This review is from: Beverly: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
Beverly Sills retired from singing when I was a child. I picked up this book at a public library on sale for fifty cents. Once I starting reading it, I couldn't put it down. Beverly never led the kind of life that was scandalous. On the contrary, she led a very dignified life with class, elegance, and grace that so few true celebrities possess today. I understood where she came from and was surprised to discover hardships like anti-Semitism in Cleveland, Ohio where she lived for 5 years when she married Peter. She became a young stepmother to three girls whose mother had suffered from mental illness. She also became a mother to a deaf daughter Muffy and autistic Petey Jr. But yet, she went on and became an inspiration for so many mothers out there. I was puzzled that she didn't dedicate something to her son but I'm sure it was an oversight. I was touched by her married life. I couldn't believe that she had such a wonderful, supporting husband like Peter alongside her. She is the heart and soul of Lincoln Center now and forever. But I have one complaint is that she doesn't write about Kennedy Center Honors Tribute. Maybe in the next biography since this book is about 20 years old.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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It's as if she lived in a glass house,
By Maria Beadnell "gotlips" (NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beverly - An Autobiograpy (Mass Market Paperback)
True story: I was in the middle of reading __Beverly__ when it was announced she was gravely ill and hospitalized.
Anyway, when __Bubbles__ first came out, I was ten years old. I devoured it and believed, totally, every word. When __Beverly__ was first published, I didn't even look at it, because what more would she have to say? I re read __Bubbles__ recently, and was able to read between the lines: there was the idea implicit in __Bubbles__ that her life was one of unbridled joy: ok her children had challenges, but she was up to them! La, la, la... I believed that as a child, but as an adult, it seemed obvious that there's no way two such different families blended easily, no way it didn't hurt to be repeatedly rejected by Dr. Rosenstock, etc. etc. So I finally read __Beverly__. __Bubbles__ was enjoyable, but __Beverly__ is magnificent! It's the difference between a pop tart and a homemade berry pie. It's more intense, more flavorful, and if a pit sneaks in there it just reminds you that that's what authenticity feels like. __Bubbles__ was when she was younger and still eager to please; __Beverly__ was what you see is what you get. On to the details of her life: raised in a musical, multilingual family, with a seamstress mother (in a time when opera companies liked you to bring your own costume) and happening on one of the world's best voice teachers, growing up so that the only way she ever earned money was by entertaining--she darn well __better__ have become one of the world's great performers! She never had to sweat her way through French 1, or clean houses to pay for her lessons. On the other hand, she so changed the musical scene that you can lose sight of the fact that in her time opera stars were NOT Americans. The tragedies of being rejected by her extended family for her marriage, and of bearing two children with handicaps, of naively becoming the head of a bankrupt arts organization are, in __Beverly__, not glossed over. They are used to illustrate Sills's resilient and complex personality. I sincerely hope that __Beverly__ will come back into print, or that it will be used as the basis for the ultimate Sills biography now that her amazing life has ended.
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