Did I read the same book as the rest of you It seemed to me to be a thoughtful, sincere effort to understand the sad estrangement from her only daughter.
One television interview warrantsYEARS While I understand that separation from one's child is difficult and makes for interesting reading, I failed to understand or sympathize with Nancy Aniston.
This book is neither insiteful nor hopeful, The author for some reason or another feels it important to express A need to read boom for all of us empty nesters and single parents.
It takes strength and faith to keep moving forward after your parenting has ended, A harder job being a empty nester then a parent, There were times that Nancy's story made me sympathize with her upbringing and resultant values and personality, At other times it was hard to swallow some of the vanity, self pity and clear need for praise from others, We all want a little insight into famous people we This is the most fascinating book I have read in the last years, It is written in such an amiable way that I just couldn't stop reading, It tells the story of a lovely woman who has to cope with a lot of obstacles and frustrations in her life, but is always strong enough to The first few chapters I found too wordy I almost stopped reading it.
I could read between the lines and realized that Nancy Aniston was about as overly protective as my mom and I felt the fear and anger again and I felt that in itself was the problem.
Although she I am not a celebrity groupie, A friend, who knows I love biographies, felt I would enjoy this story, She was right! It is an excellant book written by a woman who survived three severe blows of fate, and rather than being vanuished, learned to accept them as important life
Engagingly written as a journal of fond memories, life experiences, lessons learned, and tragedies overcome, this is the story of the family that gave the world actress Jennifer Aniston.
Written by her mother, Nancy Aniston, this tender, poetic, and charming memoir represents a healing exercise, and most importantly serves as an example of how to cope with and understand estrangement between parent and child.
During the meteoric rise of Jennifer's popularity on the hit television comedy Friends, Nancy and her daughter had a misunderstanding imposed on them by a tabloid TV report.
In the three years since they last spoke, Nancy learned that separation from grown children is a national epidemic and that scores of parents suffer the same feelings of pain, guilt, and shame.
This knowledge inspired Nancy Aniston to record family memories in this compelling volume, "and in the process of detailed retrospection a miraculous healing took place, "Nancy chronicles her own childhood of poverty, abandonment, failed marriages, and the difficult early years as a single mother,
She recalls Jennifer's early love for the theater, the therapists, career managers, and hangers on who endangered family bonds as she guided her daughter through the exciting, sometimes disappointing, stages of an acting career that came to realize phenomenal success.
While refusing the lure of celebrity gossip, Nancy Aniston strives to secure her story's inherent dignity, hoping it will be helpful to those trying to overcome their own childhood trauma, fallout from divorce, single parenting issues, and the "dark hole of child/parent estrangement.
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