One more time,

By Don Musgraves

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087123419X
• ISBN13: 9780871234193
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Bethany Fellowship
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Just About the Most Charming Book

Carol Burnett is probably best known for her television show where she performed in various skits with a talented cast. One might not realize just how shy she was as a kid, or that she never dreamed of being a movie star until college. However, it is all here in this autobiography, a charming and personal account of a life filled with entertaining characters. We learn about Nanny, the woman who raised Carol and her younger sister Chrissy. We find out about Carol's alcoholic parents Jody and Louise, very different people and different influences on Burnett's life. There are many stories of growing up, school, various jobs, and family, each incredibly relatable and great fun to read. It is hard to put this book down. It is written to constantly leave the reader wanting more and never disappointing. It is obvious that Burnett has a great love for her childhood although she wasn't always the most popular or the richest. She is an ordinary woman with a life that anyone can latch onto. The only disappointment is that it is so short. Burnett skips talking about her famous tv show as well as the marriage that brought her the three children she wrote the book for. It leaves the reader wanting more. Perhaps there will be a sequel one day; it will no doubt be as good as the first.

Outstanding

Although written over 15 years ago, Carol Burnett's autobio is an amazing one. It covers just about all(or seemingly so) of her early years in Texas,her move to California, and at age 21, her moveto New York where she hit the 'big time'. Carol obviously didn't have it easy. Her familywas impoverished and her mother and father wereabsentee parents. Only because of her grandmother,Nanny, did Carol pull through. Although neitherof Carol's parents survived to see her success,Nanny did...and for that I'm sure she'll eternallybe grateful.Unbeknownst to me before reading the book, her mother had an illegitimate baby girl, Chrissy, which she kept...and thiswas back in the 40's when such things werescorned mercilessly. Luckily, just beforeher mother died prematurely, Carol was able to take Chrissyback to New York where she finished her formative years.The coverage stops all too soon...Carol's narrativeis especially inviting. I was hoping that a fewbits about "The Carol Burnett Show" and Harvey, Tim,Vicki, and Lyle would be included, but it's easyto see why that element was left out.Although the structure doesn't really take theform of a letter, the book claims to be a letterwritten for her three daughters. A unique format.My only complaint is that the book contains tens ofpages of Carol's handwritten letters to a guynamed DeNootie (an old friend of hers). In the paperbackversion, they are impossible to read because theprint is overpixelated. Ditto for the section ofphotographs...the photos are all way underexposed.A must-read for any Carol fan. Definitely amongthe best bios I've ever read or will read.