Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story

By James Robert Parish and Robert James Parrish

Book Overview

Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to Rosie: Rosie O'Donnell's Biography by James Robert Parish.Rosie presents in detail the captivating story of how... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786705426
• ISBN13: 9780786705429
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Publishers' Weekly Review

"Her fans will buy and enjoy this book" - Publishers' Weekly In this unauthorized bio, seasoned Hollywood journalist and author James Robert Parish (The Liza Minelli Story etc.) has reserched O'Donnell's climb to fame drawing on print and TV interviews, critical reviews and press releases, as well as interviews with her colleagues. O'Donnell's comic career, feature films and Broadway show are well detailed here and her story is an inspiring one. Until O'Donnell writes her autobiography this bio may be the most thorough we'll get. Publishers' Weekly March 17, 1997

An excellent look at Rosie's past

Those wanting to know a lot about Rosie O'Donnell's earlier work,especially her movies, will enjoy reading this look at her life. Parish has done a fairly complete look at her past, although it is lacking on some of the more recent work like her show, and her online activites. The writing is excellent, and was an easy read, but the author seems to use exclamation marks a few too many times for my taste... The book also lacks colour photographs of Rosie, but has an excellent picture of Rosie (from 1994 Academy Awards) on the cover. Fans of Rosie (like myself) who want to gain a better understanding of the context around which the "Queen of Nice" has become the multi-media phenomenon that she is should definitely pick up a copy of this book. I loved it!

"Her fans will buy and enjoy this book" - Publishers' Weekly

In this unauthorized bio, seasoned Hollywood journalist and author James Robert Parish (The Liza Minelli Story etc.) has reserched O'Donnell's climb to fame drawing on print and TV interviews, critical reviews and press releases, as well as interviews with her colleagues. O'Donnell's comic career, feature films and Broadway show are well detailed here and her story is an inspiring one. Until O'Donnell writes her autobiography this bio may be the most thorough we'll get. Publishers' Weekly March 17, 199