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Life Is Not A Stage: From Broadway baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond, Florence Henderson with Joel Brokaw (hardcover) 4 out of 5 stars.
From amazon:
"For millions of people around the world, Carol Brady is synonymous with motherhood, but growing up as the youngest of ten children in rural Indiana in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Florence Henderson lived a life quite different from that of the quintessential TV mom she later played on television.
Florence's father was a dirt-poor tobacco tenant farmer who was nearly fifty years old when he married Florence's twenty-five-year-old mother, and was nearly seventy when Florence was born. Florence's childhood was full of deprivation and abandonment. Her father was an alcoholic at a time when there was no rehab or help for the disease. Their home rarely had electricity or running water. When she was twelve, Florence's mother left the family to work in Cleveland and never returned.
Florence opens up about her childhood, as well as the challenges she's faced as an adult, including stage fright, postpartum depression, her extramarital affairs, divorce, her hearing loss, and heart problems. She writes with honesty and wisdom of how her faith and ability to survive has brought her through rough times to a life of profound joy and purpose."
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I LOVED The Brady Bunch when I was growing up and I LOVED Carol Brady's character so much I wanted her to be my mom, too! When I saw that she wrote her memoirs, I immediately put it on my Christmas wish list and I got it for Christmas last year! :) Wow, what a ride, Florence! From a desperately poor childhood to almost immediate success in New York City as a young woman, to movie and television gigs, her career has been wide and eclectic. She talks about much in her relatively short book, and it's all hella interesting, too. I had no real idea of how BROAD her career is! Really and truly an intriguing and interesting read. One of the top celebrity memoirs I've read in the last several years.
From amazon:
"For millions of people around the world, Carol Brady is synonymous with motherhood, but growing up as the youngest of ten children in rural Indiana in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Florence Henderson lived a life quite different from that of the quintessential TV mom she later played on television.
Florence's father was a dirt-poor tobacco tenant farmer who was nearly fifty years old when he married Florence's twenty-five-year-old mother, and was nearly seventy when Florence was born. Florence's childhood was full of deprivation and abandonment. Her father was an alcoholic at a time when there was no rehab or help for the disease. Their home rarely had electricity or running water. When she was twelve, Florence's mother left the family to work in Cleveland and never returned.
Florence opens up about her childhood, as well as the challenges she's faced as an adult, including stage fright, postpartum depression, her extramarital affairs, divorce, her hearing loss, and heart problems. She writes with honesty and wisdom of how her faith and ability to survive has brought her through rough times to a life of profound joy and purpose."
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I LOVED The Brady Bunch when I was growing up and I LOVED Carol Brady's character so much I wanted her to be my mom, too! When I saw that she wrote her memoirs, I immediately put it on my Christmas wish list and I got it for Christmas last year! :) Wow, what a ride, Florence! From a desperately poor childhood to almost immediate success in New York City as a young woman, to movie and television gigs, her career has been wide and eclectic. She talks about much in her relatively short book, and it's all hella interesting, too. I had no real idea of how BROAD her career is! Really and truly an intriguing and interesting read. One of the top celebrity memoirs I've read in the last several years.
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