Roseanne: My Life As a Woman [Hardcover]

Roseanne Barr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1989

An autobiography of a fat, Jewish girl brought up in Salt Lake City. The author relates stories of her childhood and how, after being run down by a car, she goes crazy and ends up in an asylum for a year. There she learns that people are mad because they have actually seen the truth about what the world is really like, a truth not easily available in Salt Lake City. Then she runs away, drops out, discovers sexual and emotional fulfilment and becomes deeply involved in feminism. She finally discovers, through the alternative comedy circuit, a comic talent which is taking her rapidly towards stardom.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 202 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row; 1st edition (October 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006015957X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060159573
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas: Part 1, July 6, 2004

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Tameron Cantrell (Nassau, The Bahamas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Life as a Woman (Hardcover)

I made the mistake of reading Roseanne Barr's second book "My Lives" before reading this one. However, it made me stick to my belief that Roseanne Barr and Roseanne Arnold are two very different people. Roseanne Barr (who wrote this book) mentions nothing of what an awful marriage she had with "Roseanne" crewmember Bill Pentland until her second book, which discusses how wonderful her second husband Tom Arnold was. Ironically, she divorced Tom Arnold that same year for domestic violence. The Roseanne Barr that wrote "Roseanne: My Life as a Woman" basically talks about her journey from a Jewish girl in Salt Lake City to stand up comedy. She doesn't deeply go into her problems on the set of the 1988 hit sitcom "Roseanne", but this book still may be worth your time. Keep in mind that when this book was written, she had not yet begun to recall her so-called memories of being molested, and she was still part of the Barr family.

Maybe it is a GOOD thing that I read "My Lives" first. She seemed like a much nicer person in "Roseanne: My Life as a Woman". Now when is 2004's Roseanne Barr going to release a book? Maybe her third one will show the world how she has mellowed with age.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK, April 9, 2006

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Tragiclaura "Tragiclaura" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roseanne: My Life As a Woman (Hardcover)

This is not so much an autobiography as it is a collection of anecdotes. The book is kind of all over the place, much like Roseanne herself seems to be. But her voice comes through, and I enjoyed learning more about this interesting person.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheap Book not a letdown to me., August 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Roseanne: My Life As a Woman (Paperback)

I don't know why this book is so cheap compared to other bios of stars. I loved this book. I actually have three copies. Call me obsessive. I love Roseanne what can I say? If you love Roseanne buy it. ~umpymama