Amanda Keller

Written in an easy to read conversational style this book took me back through the years of Australian pop culture. A great insight into the world of popular entertainment by one of the best in the industry. As a bonus, Amanda doesn't shy away from sharing painful details of her personal life and her observations on how the media treat women and the personal lives of anyone deemed "of interest" coupled with the snippets of how our fledgling TV & breakfast radio industry became what they are today also makes for some interesting reading.… (mehr)

I’m a huge fan of Amanda’s and she didn’t disappoint in this tell all memoir.

Natural Born Keller is a must read for all baby boomers. I read it with a perpetual smile nodding along as I remembered funny little anecdotes from my own teenage years. It’s a trip down nostalgia lane as Amanda talks of being a teen in the 70’s and what we thought was cool back then and comparing the pop scene of the 70’s to today’s role models.

Her memoir is written in a light, easy to read manner coming across as effortless and unpretentious. Full of laugh out loud moments as Amanda shares her journey from suburban dag to the heady heights of prime time TV and day time radio.

If you weren’t a 70’s teen there is still the Wonder World years for the 80’s child and anecdotes from the multitude of shows Amanda has been involved in through the 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s and beyond.

Amanda writes on being selected to be part of the Madame Tussauds wax emporium in Sydney.
” As I get older, It’s been a revelation to discover just how many people have this syndrome, where we think we don’t deserve our good fortune, and that any minute we’ll be ‘caught out’ for being untalented and undeserving.”

She truly is a humble person starting each new job with ‘I was lucky enough’ to be offered this job, playing down her talent and aptitude.

Amanda writes with wit and whimsy giving her readers the highs and the lows. Through all this her love of family and friends shines brightly and her gratitude for the life she has is very clear.

The only thing better than reading Natural Born Keller would be listening to Amanda reading it herself, interspersed with her infectious laughter.

If you are yet to be entranced by the delightful Amanda Keller tune in to breakfast radio on WSFM101.7 weekdays 5:30 – 9am or The Living Room Friday nights 7:30pm on Channel 10.

I would like to thank Allen & Unwin for my copy to read and review.… (mehr)