I'll admit it... I used to watch Maureen on that show with the country music. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, the show was SO awesome that I can't remember what that show was called. On that show Maureen McCormick did spark my interest because there Marcia Brady sat chain smoking with Bobby Brown. I loved it! The good girl breaking out of her entertainment-made-mold to live in reality. Then I saw her on the Rachael Ray Show. She was a little annoying, but I was still interested. Her book was on the really cheap table at Barnes & Noble when I went and picked up some other books; I had a gift card with enough money to add that book to the pile. Thus, the story of how I chose to read Maureen's book.
**The following is part one of my thoughts on Maureen's book... it is definitely going to take more than one post...
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice:
So I read the book in just over a 24 hour period. I've been reading Wicked for a year, and I finish this book in a snap. Let me just say, I am far more surprised than any of you. I can't believe how riveting the woman's life really is. Just as a quick note, as I was reading, I recalled a piece from Tracey Gold's autobiography. She struggled with eating disorders and said that any girl who struggles with an eating disorder should refrain from reading books about the subject because it may play a role in a relapse. That should be a note with Maureen's book. She is really open and honest. It's truly beautiful -- but addicts beware: she recounts many experiences with cocaine. She doesn't sugar-coat by any means, but be prepared.
There were so many places in this book that I gained respect for the actress. Seeing her on talkshows and hearing about the feuds and other tabloid stories paint her in an interesting light. She really is haunted by Marcia Brady--which is understandable on some level. People related to her character as children and grew up with her. This forms a special and strange bond between their reality and her fantasy. The stories that the tabloids tell don't look at her as the person she is today but as the real life Marcia Brady.
As a child, I never really appreciated the Brady Bunch. I didn't care for the show because it was old and had that weird color that scared me (yeah, I was a weird kid...). But knowing a little bit more about Maureen, the Brady kids and the adults on the show, I am curious and want the DVDs. I love that in this real-life-story the actual Brady's don't emulate their characters. Underage drinking, drugs and homosexuality... hard to believe that these issues plagued the Brady's and 30 years later we still struggle with them.
When discussing Kristin Chenoweth's book, I mentioned that Kristin had a unique take on her story because she wasn't trying to teach me a lesson. I definitely had the feeling that Maureen did not set out to teach a lesson about not starting cocaine and how to turn your life around after hitting rock bottom. It felt more genuine. She was sharing this journey of how it took her decades to come in to her own person. She struggled through so many things because she had been Marcia or seen as someone else. She needed to come to terms with what it meant for her to be Maureen.
This is where my reflection ends today... but in the next day or two I will post another entry on this same book. I loved it so much and learned so much that it only seemed fair to give it two posts. The next post will be more specific to some of the themes in the book.
xoJLG
**The following is part one of my thoughts on Maureen's book... it is definitely going to take more than one post...
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice:
So I read the book in just over a 24 hour period. I've been reading Wicked for a year, and I finish this book in a snap. Let me just say, I am far more surprised than any of you. I can't believe how riveting the woman's life really is. Just as a quick note, as I was reading, I recalled a piece from Tracey Gold's autobiography. She struggled with eating disorders and said that any girl who struggles with an eating disorder should refrain from reading books about the subject because it may play a role in a relapse. That should be a note with Maureen's book. She is really open and honest. It's truly beautiful -- but addicts beware: she recounts many experiences with cocaine. She doesn't sugar-coat by any means, but be prepared.
There were so many places in this book that I gained respect for the actress. Seeing her on talkshows and hearing about the feuds and other tabloid stories paint her in an interesting light. She really is haunted by Marcia Brady--which is understandable on some level. People related to her character as children and grew up with her. This forms a special and strange bond between their reality and her fantasy. The stories that the tabloids tell don't look at her as the person she is today but as the real life Marcia Brady.
As a child, I never really appreciated the Brady Bunch. I didn't care for the show because it was old and had that weird color that scared me (yeah, I was a weird kid...). But knowing a little bit more about Maureen, the Brady kids and the adults on the show, I am curious and want the DVDs. I love that in this real-life-story the actual Brady's don't emulate their characters. Underage drinking, drugs and homosexuality... hard to believe that these issues plagued the Brady's and 30 years later we still struggle with them.
When discussing Kristin Chenoweth's book, I mentioned that Kristin had a unique take on her story because she wasn't trying to teach me a lesson. I definitely had the feeling that Maureen did not set out to teach a lesson about not starting cocaine and how to turn your life around after hitting rock bottom. It felt more genuine. She was sharing this journey of how it took her decades to come in to her own person. She struggled through so many things because she had been Marcia or seen as someone else. She needed to come to terms with what it meant for her to be Maureen.
This is where my reflection ends today... but in the next day or two I will post another entry on this same book. I loved it so much and learned so much that it only seemed fair to give it two posts. The next post will be more specific to some of the themes in the book.
xoJLG
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