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Lucy & Desi: The Real Life Scrapbook of America's Favorite TV Couple

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If you are a fan of Desi and Lucy, this book is an absolute must have. From pictures of both of them as babies to the death notices that were cut out of the paper, the entire book will have you completely captivated. This book made me laugh, made me cry and had me thanking my lucky stars that these two wonderful people were able to do what they did. They left a legacy to all of us that will continue to touch peoples lives and hearts forever. Saying thank you will never be enough. Still, I would like to thank their family for making this book possible. They were very thoughtful and kind to make the material in the book open to the public. Lucy and Desi, and (Lucie and Desi jr) thank you so very much for deeply touching my heart, bringing laughter and tears to my life, and for making this wonderful book.

I feel I have read every "Lucy" book written. However, when you hold in your own hands, the "scrapbook" memories that Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz shared, you feel closer to what magic they created and shared.

This book is full of letters and mementos you can actually remove from the book and hold them and read them, just the way Lucy & Desi did. These are their very own birth announcements, photographs, articles, passports, greeting cards and letters that moved them enough to hold onto them and not discard them like the rest of us do.

With actual memories of items written by Lucy & Desi about the various items, you are not getting a third person account of their lives. Read it, touch it, feel it. There were parts I was moved to tears to read about. I cannot think of another book that has EVER moved me that way.

A must have book if you say "I Love Lucy". Sure we all did, but this book will show you like no other the human side of a fine, fine couple. Many thanks to Lucie & Desi Jr. for sharing these private mementos of their parents lives with the public.

This book is filled with pictures and memories of Lucy and Desi's life together. From the opening pages filled with pictures of their childhood to pictures of them on the movie set. You have to look carefully because on some pages there are slits with reproductions of marriage certificate, cablegrams, letters, handbills, etc. These items really make you feel as if you're getting a private glimpse into their life. It's like holding a piece of Hollywood history in your hands. This book is well made, pages are sturdy. The book slides out of a cardboard cover which helps protect the book. I would love to thank Lucy and Desi's family and Elisabeth Edwards for bringing this book to the public. A wonderful book for Lucy and Desi fans!

I'm one of millions of fans of Lucille Ball and her handsome husband Desi. The love between Lucy and Desi (despite their difficulties/different backgrounds and expectations) was romantic, palpable, just so real, that it lit up their tv show and the movies they made together.

Here is a scrapbook containing many little personal items and minutia from their days together, so that both Lucy and Desi return to life before our eyes. Browsing through it is a joy.

I picked up this book on a whim. In all honesty, I was "blown away" by it. Whoever put this thing together did a wonderful and pain-staking job duplicating items glued and tucked within the pages of the original scrapbooks. Passports, holy cards, letters from presidents and celebrities and much more is reproduced to look like the originals. I found myself getting lost in the lives of these people and the decades in which they lived. Mostly, I closed the book with the realization that even icons like Lucy and Desi are flesh and blood people, drawn to their heritage, celebrating their children and accomplishments, and mourning the loss of dreams and friends along the way. Each yellowed news clipping and lovingly preserved souvenir is a reminder of the ties that bind us all.

I can't remember enjoying a celebrity book as much as I enjoyed reading what Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wrote to me in their own words as I looked at all the pictures, pulled out all the letters from famous people.

I felt so privileged to learn about Lucy and Desi from birth announcements, so many amazing pictures, and excited to read only their words from their own scrapbooks about how they felt about the events in their lives.

Of course, I never wanted it to end. Of course, I wanted to leaf through all 100 scrap books and maybe one day I will be able to. For right now, I would recommend this book to anyone who:

1. Loves Lucy
2. Is curious about Lucy and Desi
3. Loves Desi--that gorgeous Cuban!
4. Wants to know the truth about their whole lives
5. Wants to understand how they loved each other desperately
6. Wants to believe in love
7. Wants to know if it is possible to love someone and still cheat on them
8. Wants to learn about life after Desi for Lucy
9. Wants to learn how they said goodbye before Desi died of lung cancer

Buy this book. You'll find yourself looking through it again and again. You will find yourself loving Lucy & Desi all over again and maybe even believing in love again.

The scrapebook was execellent. I enjoyed every little thing about it. It was great of all the document that were in there. This is a great book.

This is simply priceless. Worth every penny you spend on it and more! Everything looks so authentic. I especially liked reading the letters and seeing Desi's passport! A must-have for any Lucy and/or Desi fan.

If you are a Lucy Fan then you simply must buy this book! I just received mine and sat mesmorized by it, it is now my favorite Lucy item I have. I have an enormous collection of everything to do with Lucy or I LOVE LUCY you can imagine and this Scrapbook is so incredible.....it's honestly as if you are looking at the original scrapbook and you are even able to pull out inserts on several pages.....passport, letters, etc. I am not joking, if you are a collector of Lucy things and you do not have this Scrapbook then you are missing an incredible addition to your collection. The price is really great considering all you get. Words truly are not enough....I'll never ever get tired of looking at this!!!! Don't just think about buying it, buy it this minute!!!

When I received this book in the post I did not put it down for a least an hour. It was so thoughtfully put together and showed all of Desi and Lucy's fans just how much they loved and cared for each other thoughtout their lives.
My most memorable areas are the little pieces written by the couple describing their thoughts and how they felt about each other. Lucy's words about Desi's death really struck me as although she had been married for 25 years she still felt his death hard.
My daughter who is only aged 15 years also could not put it down and was especially interested in the reproductions of the important letters and documents.
We both love it and it is certainly a must for the bookshelf of any Lucy and Desi fan.