Eddi-Rue McClanahan, known as Rue, most famous for playing Blanche on The Golden Girls, is a veteran stage and film actress who has lived quite a life. This memoir chronicles her life through her childhood in Oklahoma and on through her first five husbands (she is now on her sixth) and her many other engagements and entanglements. Rue consistently reminds her readers to say, "Let me think about it." If she had said that, she might have had a few less adventures--and marriages.
This was a truly fun read. It wasn't heavy or deep, but it certainly was fun. Rue has lived quite a life and it was a hoot to sit down with her tales of hilarity and misadventure to lighten up my week. She has no qualms with making her love of men quite clear, and she is a riot on this topic. She has said yes to more engagements than I have dresses in my closet! She owns her mistakes and lays it all out on the table for her readers, warts and all.
I appreciate this and I enjoy her writing style. It's relaxed and it's fun, and it sounds an awful lot like we are sitting next to each other at a dinner party or in her living room late at night sharing secrets over a glass of wine. This is what I love about Celebrity Memoir Friday--juicy gossip and a tall glass of wine. Sit back and enjoy this weekend.
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