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From Publishers Weekly
Readers know Seymour best as the beautiful TV star of Dr. Quinn, but the actor, nee Joyce Frankenberg, is also a painter and devotee of all things self-help. Thus, this straightforward, simplistic book is Seymour's contribution to the personal growth genre. Full of spiritual advice on how to cope with kids, marriage, divorce and illness, the book features such chapter headings as "Find Guidance in the Spiritual." Seymour underscores her central theme-be positive-by citing her own story and her mother's internment at a Japanese POW camp during WWII. Seymour also includes vignettes of others who've triumphed over loss and adversity. Whether noting the tragic accident that crippled her longtime friend Christopher Reeve or sharing the travails of women who endure cancer or diabetes, Seymour trumpets the need for hope and optimism. As such, she shares, in a restrained way, her own disappointments in love, her friendships with ex-husbands and her determination to champion the blended family. The Emmy Award winner believes we can choose to make the most of our circumstances, whatever they may be. She's candid about Hollywood rejections, but also about how she was often offered plum roles at particularly low points in her life. Not surprisingly, she's a big believer in leaving the past behind: "I think if you give it time and patience and leave yourself open to whatever the next experience... will be, you'll surprise yourself." 16 pages of color photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Self-help books rarely tell us anything we don't already know, but sometimes they manage to restate the obvious in a way that is, well . . . helpful. So it is with actress Seymour's advice on making the most of change. It's hardly a new subject; in fact, the personal-growth industry has been living off change for years. Had any of us saved the handouts we've received from the last few "Change in the Workplace" seminars we've been forced to attend, it's very likely we could find most of Seymour's wise words buried in there somewhere: "Get comfortable in order to let go"; "Take an honest look at yourself"; "Adversity can produce great change." Sound familiar? Fortunately, Seymour proves a more engaging counselor than your garden-variety business consultant. She builds her commonsensical advice into a sort of autobiography, which she supplements with anecdotes about how her friends grew from their travails. Throughout, she maintains a chatty, comfortable tone that draws readers into the story and makes the advice seem less prefabricated. Seymour has had plenty of opportunity to test her commitment to change, and her fans will be most interested in hearing the details behind the actress' divorces, financial setbacks, and near-death encounters, including complications during the birth of twins when she was 45. Expect interest in the book to be accelerated when Seymour tries out her ideas on Oprah's ever-needful studio audience. Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Readers know Seymour best as the beautiful TV star of Dr. Quinn, but the actor, nee Joyce Frankenberg, is also a painter and devotee of all things self-help. Thus, this straightforward, simplistic book is Seymour's contribution to the personal growth genre. Full of spiritual advice on how to cope with kids, marriage, divorce and illness, the book features such chapter headings as "Find Guidance in the Spiritual." Seymour underscores her central theme-be positive-by citing her own story and her mother's internment at a Japanese POW camp during WWII. Seymour also includes vignettes of others who've triumphed over loss and adversity. Whether noting the tragic accident that crippled her longtime friend Christopher Reeve or sharing the travails of women who endure cancer or diabetes, Seymour trumpets the need for hope and optimism. As such, she shares, in a restrained way, her own disappointments in love, her friendships with ex-husbands and her determination to champion the blended family. The Emmy Award winner believes we can choose to make the most of our circumstances, whatever they may be. She's candid about Hollywood rejections, but also about how she was often offered plum roles at particularly low points in her life. Not surprisingly, she's a big believer in leaving the past behind: "I think if you give it time and patience and leave yourself open to whatever the next experience... will be, you'll surprise yourself." 16 pages of color photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Self-help books rarely tell us anything we don't already know, but sometimes they manage to restate the obvious in a way that is, well . . . helpful. So it is with actress Seymour's advice on making the most of change. It's hardly a new subject; in fact, the personal-growth industry has been living off change for years. Had any of us saved the handouts we've received from the last few "Change in the Workplace" seminars we've been forced to attend, it's very likely we could find most of Seymour's wise words buried in there somewhere: "Get comfortable in order to let go"; "Take an honest look at yourself"; "Adversity can produce great change." Sound familiar? Fortunately, Seymour proves a more engaging counselor than your garden-variety business consultant. She builds her commonsensical advice into a sort of autobiography, which she supplements with anecdotes about how her friends grew from their travails. Throughout, she maintains a chatty, comfortable tone that draws readers into the story and makes the advice seem less prefabricated. Seymour has had plenty of opportunity to test her commitment to change, and her fans will be most interested in hearing the details behind the actress' divorces, financial setbacks, and near-death encounters, including complications during the birth of twins when she was 45. Expect interest in the book to be accelerated when Seymour tries out her ideas on Oprah's ever-needful studio audience. Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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