Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story [Paperback]

James Robert Parish (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 26, 1998

Rosie O'Donnell Biography.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (January 26, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786705426
• ISBN-13: 978-0786705429
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,238,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have the privilege of doing work (i.e., writing books) that I thoroughly enjoy, so it is no real chore to be active on my book projects seven days a week. Doing research is much like being a detective, bringing as many elements of the subject's life to light and assessing how each piece fits into the puzzle of a celebrity's biography.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even worth one star!, June 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story (Paperback)

Malacious gossip & rumor. Total waste of time. Instaed of donating it to rhe public library like I normally do, I threw it in the trash. Actually the trash deserves to be in better company than this book!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Pah., July 18, 2004

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Z. D. Houghton (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story (Paperback)

Also, the book itself is complete crud, being nothing more tangible than one would expect to find in the National Enquirer.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Question, July 18, 2004

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Z. D. Houghton (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story (Paperback)

Why is it "stars" get really irritating after they announce they're lesbians? I mean, I was always brought up by such fine publications as Hustler to believe lesbians were really cool! I mean, thing-wearing housewives and 36 DD latina maids get lonely, right? Sounds perfectly rational to me.

But whenever someone comes out of the closet (looking suspiciously not at all like the skirt-wearing girl inmates starring in that video I have in my closet behind my socks), all they can talk about is how they are a lesbian! Geez! Maybe if you just treated it like it was normal, nobody would bug you about it! Look at Elton John! Nobody knows what he is, and nobody bugs him. Know why? Because NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW. he doesn't talk about it, organize les/bi/gay cruises--he just wears frilly clothes and capitalizes on dead British royalty.

So unless Rosie has a friend named Rosa stowed somewhere who has just finished the laundry and knows Mrs. Nikki is taking her bubble bath all alone, let the matter drop. America doesn't care, and this book is a waste.