Books : Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9780061490149
ISBN: 0061490148
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Sales Rank: 7693
Studio: William Morrow
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all—style, looks, boys, brains, and talent. No wonder her younger sister Jan was jealous! For countless adolescents across America who came of age in the early 1970s, Marcia was the ideal American teenager. Girls wanted to be her. Boys wanted to date her. But what viewers didn't know about the always-sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick, the young actress who portrayed her, was living a very different—and not-so-wonderful—life. Now, for the very first time, Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen generations have invited into their living rooms—and the woman she became.
In Here's the Story, Maureen takes us behind the scenes of America's favorite television family, the Bradys. With poignancy and candor, she reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving support her television family provided during a life-or-death moment, and the inconsolable loss of a man who had been a second father. But The Brady Bunch was only the beginning. Haunted by the perfection of her television alter ego, Maureen landed on the dark side, caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life.
Moving from drug dens on Wonderland Avenue to wild parties at the Playboy mansion and exotic escapades on the beaches of Hawaii, this candid, hard-hitting memoir exposes a side of a beloved pop-culture icon the paparazzi missed. Yet it is also a story of remarkable success. After kicking her drug habit, Maureen battled depression, reconnected with her mother, whom she nursed through the end of her life, and then found herself in a pitched battle for her family in which she ultimately triumphed.
There is no question: Maureen McCormick is a survivor. After fifty years, she has finally learned what it means to love the person you are, insight that has brought her peace in a happy marriage and as a mother. Here's the Story is the empowering, engaging, shocking, and emotional tale of Maureen McCormick's courageous struggle over adversity and her lifelong battle to come to terms with the idea of perfection—and herself.
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An interesting read that any fan of the Brady Bunch should most certainly check out. I got this book because I too, like so many others became a fan of this show due to all the repeats shown on cable networks throughout the years as well as local syndication. I don't know what it is about this silly show from the 70's but the characters and even the actors portraying them have always been of interest to me.
So of course when I found out that our very own Maureen "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" McCormick was going to do an autobiography and give the scoop on what went on behind the scenes and in her life I had to check it out.
For the most part it was a fun read. Surprisingly, its not just a book about what happened on the set of the Brady Bunch or the usual stories we all know to death by now of how much Robert Reed hated to be on the show and how he was in the closet the whole time, (but there is a lot of that too truth be told) its more of a story of , well a story of Maureen the person. Not just her portraying Marcia, but how she is and always has been a real person behind the character.
Its very revealing. You almost feel like Maureen is letting out everything she has been holding in for some 50 years, freely and openly. Just putting it out there in chronological order of her life. And some of it is interesting actually but a lot of it is typical of a lot of child star actors who are big on the show they were on but never quite make it out ... Read More
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As many have mentioned, "Here's the Story" is a very enjoyable book--I read it in a day. The book is intriguing, honest, and it carries the reader through that "growing up" world of the 1960s and 70s. Even though Maureen was a celebrity and the story reflects that overwhelming apsect of her life and the shadow it palls, it also reflects the era's highs of freedom/self-exploration and the lows of drug experimentation/abuse. Many of our generational travelers journeyed down these roads, and Maureen shows that she is one of the surviviors.
"Here's the Story" is the kind of book you won't want to put down. McCormick is honest and frank, and as others have mentioned, she tells of her childhood but doesn't linger there. She moves us through the ups and downs in her life, with the larger focus in her "after-Brady" years. It is the nature of autobiography to reflect one person's realm of experience, and so the book focuses more in certain places than the reader may wish it to and not enough in others. But it offers a lot more, too. It also takes the reader into places one does not expect to travel, such as the mother-daughter dynamic and in even a larger sense, the family dynamics after a death in the family upends a precarious balance (that was probably always there) and the abuse that families may occasion there (I feel for the author in her travails with her father/brother problem).
I applaud McCormick's candor and know one thing for certain: she ... Read More
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I love The Brady Bunch. I grew up rushing home to catch the reruns on TBS every afternoon. I own the shag carpet covered box set of all dvds. Naturally, I was excited to read Maureen McCormick's memoir.
McCormick is not a great writer, but she does write candidly and honestly. Because I found the subject matter interesting, I was able to overlook her often awkward prose. The Brady Bunch was only the focus of part of the book, as I'm sure it was only the focus of part of her life, even though she remains Marcia Brady to most Americans. I most enjoyed her tales of Hollywood life and working with other famous people I had no idea she had interaction with. I adore learning about the interconnectedness of people, and this book provided many gems.
If you're a fan of The Brady Bunch or Hollywood memoirs, it's worth a read. Otherwise, it's not sensational enough or well-written enough to bother.
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Maureen's autobiography may not appeal to a "Brady Bunch" purist, like its pre-publishing hype (and title) might have suggested. Mo lightly touches on everything Brady related. Barry Williams' 'Growing Up Brady' (with its extremely television pop culture friendly cover design) effectively centered on 'The Brady Bunch' while incorporating personal ancedotes like reporting to the set with a marijuana buzz. However, if someone wants a classic Hollywood "BWP" (I use that acronym in the strictest hip-hop lingo with no disrespect to Mo.) story, then this is it. ENJOY! I realize there's a HUGE audience and readership for that! In hindsight, she should have spent a long weekend with Ann B. Davis around 1981. Regardless of all of her past problems, I still love Mo, probably "more today, than yesterday", as Elvis sang in one of his final concerts in 1977. And that is "much more than a hunch!"
Brian Rodahaver
Stevensville, MD
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The child star curse that effected Maureen has affected several other actors/actresses. She just happened to pen the book and tell the story. I actually enjoyed this book as it was a quick read, took me one whole day to devour. The book allowed us, the reader, to experience the life of Marcia Brady/Maureen McCormick. Through the reading you feel her pain that she went through for much of her life, but through God, friends and her loving husband she has prevailed. Thank you Maureen for allowing us to get to know you!
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