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A review by meganmargoking
Jeannie Out of the Bottle by Wendy Leigh, Barbara Eden
4.0
Barbara Eden, most famous for playing the role of Jeannie on the 60s tv show 'I Dream of Jeanne', comes out with this tell-all memoir.
Subjects in the memoir range from her start in Hollywood, meeting her first husband (self proclaimed love of her life) Michael Ansara, the tragedy of her miscarriage, a nervous breakdown and more.
Eden laughs and cries as she recalls her past. She laughs when she remembers that in her youth she didn't realize that Elvis Presley was flirting with her. And she cries when she discusses the immature death of her only child, Matthew. Of course, if you do not listen/read this on audio you might not get the same affect.
The part of the book that takes place after 'I Dream of Jeannie' went off the air seems like Eden is just trying to rectify to all that she's been acting nonstop all these years despite what you may think.
I have to say that I will never think of the phrase 'Jeannie-Blink' the same ever again. Eden uses the phrase to 'take you back into the past'. And she uses this device a lot.
Overall, I gave this one a B. And I would recommend this memoir to those who have a love of television and television stars from the 1960s.
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Subjects in the memoir range from her start in Hollywood, meeting her first husband (self proclaimed love of her life) Michael Ansara, the tragedy of her miscarriage, a nervous breakdown and more.
Eden laughs and cries as she recalls her past. She laughs when she remembers that in her youth she didn't realize that Elvis Presley was flirting with her. And she cries when she discusses the immature death of her only child, Matthew. Of course, if you do not listen/read this on audio you might not get the same affect.
The part of the book that takes place after 'I Dream of Jeannie' went off the air seems like Eden is just trying to rectify to all that she's been acting nonstop all these years despite what you may think.
I have to say that I will never think of the phrase 'Jeannie-Blink' the same ever again. Eden uses the phrase to 'take you back into the past'. And she uses this device a lot.
Overall, I gave this one a B. And I would recommend this memoir to those who have a love of television and television stars from the 1960s.
Find more reviews at Books A to Z http://booksaz.wordpress.com