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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hachette Books (April 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0786865652
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786865659
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.1 x 9.6 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Masterpiece as Exemplary as "The Sound of Music" Itself, While Revealing a Surprising Childhood
By Teresa A. Dudley on July 10, 2016
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My impression has always been that Julie Andrews probably grew up in a rather high class situation. Nothing could be further from the truth. The hardships she grew up with as a child, and the difficult and rewarding relationships with family, are related vividly in this book. The book is engaging -- the writing is packed with great imagery of settings and stories.

I loved learning how her early years, performing in vaudeville with her parents and others, helped her become a successful actress and singer. She relates unusual and funny occurrences with delightful descriptions. Her early vocal training is described in detail, along with her various vocal teachers.

You see how she grew from a very shy girl to a world star, and at a very young age. As she grew older and began to travel to the United States for tours there, you get a glimpse of both the hardships of traveling alone without family, and the exhilaration of meeting stars she had heard about. You experience the burdens she carried of supporting her siblings and parents, all during her young career, at home, abroad, and again back home in England.

I was amazed all during the book, at the recall of people, places, and dates, included with the captivating stories. After finishing the book, I learned that she had a number of people researching the details. The book is absolutely packed with exemplary incidental information regarding culture, history, acting, voice, actors, relationships -- I imagine this book would appeal to a broad spectrum of readers, in addition to those like me, who have simply grown up loving Julie Andrews and her performances. After returning the library book, I prompting ordered my own copy.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGet the Audio to Hear Her and the Hardback to See Her
By CH on June 19, 2015
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This book is so good you may want two copies - the audio to hear Julie Andrews tell her own captivating story in her own lyrical voice and the hardback to see the photos. After listening to a library audio copy, I bought the hardback for myself and the audio for my brother, who is a huge fan of My Fair Lady. The stories about Rex Harrison are hilarious. No one's life is ever what you think. So it was amazing to learn of her childhood years in vaudeville that made this teenage English girl the overnight sensation on Broadway and in the movies in America. She speaks candidly but with grace about the difficult years with her stepfather and during the war, the demands on her voice performing almost nonstop on stage every night, the challenging times of making movies, life on two continents, her romances, marriage, famous costars, and beloved family whom she supported through it all. The book traces her life from birth to mid-career. I'm hoping there is a sequel, because she has one of the purest voices of the twentieth century, a real gift for storytelling and so much more to tell. Thank you, Julie, for sharing your heartfelt and inspiring story!
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5.0 out of 5 starsJulie, in her own words
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Coming some 60 years after her first professional recording, this audiobook is sort of the pinnacle of Ms. Andrews' recording career. The life of Julie Andrews, as written by Julie Andrews, and read to you, as if she were personally telling you the story of her life, by Julie Andrews.

Ms. Andrews' life and career have both been well-documented by biographers, but everything takes on new meaning and becomes personal when told by Ms. Andrews herself. And, of course, there are anecdotes and details that only Ms. Andrews herself can share with her audience, so there is much for even the most devoted fan to learn from this book. Here, she tells the story of her life from her earliest childhood to her career as a child star, from her journey to Broadway and television through to being cast by Walt Disney in MARY POPPINS.

The audiobook on CD is 13 hours long, spread over 11 CDs. Each disc contains seven to ten tracks; some chapters are one track long, and others are two to three tracks long. The production is straightforward and what you would expect of an audiobook -- read clearly, recorded well. Of course, I'd be happy hearing Ms. Andrews read the dictionary to me, but there is something magical and mesmerizing about her voice here, describing her own life.

At the end of the audiobook, Ms. Andrews says, "Thank you for listening." This is the only detail she has wrong -- we, the audience, should be saying to her, "Thank you for telling." I only hope we don't have to wait too long for the next part of the Julie Andrews story...
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5.0 out of 5 starsDame Julie Andrews is an amazing person. This book is a glimpse at a ...
By mary on November 15, 2016
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Dame Julie Andrews is an amazing person. This book is a glimpse at a fascinating life, albeit one that was not always easy. Raised by an alcoholic show-biz stepfather and her top-notch pianist mother, Julie Andrews became a star in London's theater district by the age of 10. I found her book really interesting. She can drop names with the best of 'em -- George VI, Queen Elizabeth, some of the best pianists and voice teachers in London, not to mention Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Lehrner and Lowe, Rogers and Hammerstein, etc. But she's not really not name-dropping. These are the people she knows -- the people who shaped her professional (and personal) identity. That actually was her life!!! It doesn't sound like it was ever boring. Her book gives a glimpse at the world of show business in the gasps of an old theater and music hall world that mostly gave way to television and radio. Her childhood was a weird mix of nightly exposure to show-biz people, with all the adult behaviors that go along with it, and the prim and proper background that she got from her mom, her famous voice-teacher, and the many excellent musical and theater directors who coached her from a very young age. That mix of low-brow music hall and high-brow concert hall is what makes her a complex person. Truly amazing. I respect her a ton. Her career had a few downturns after Maria von Trapp. I guess that was act to follow. I wish she'd write a book on her 'big years,' but I guess those are probably well-known already.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery enjoyable!!

Very comfortable to read. Andrews tells her story as if she's sitting down talking to you. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this!

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We chose this book for book club and it was the most difficult book for me to finish. They writing was terrible and very slow moving. Would not recommend.

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Fabulous book, deeply felt! It is a privilege to be taken on this beautiful life's journey...I loved every moment! Bravo!

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