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Lädt ... The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss (2016. Auflage)von Anderson Cooper (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This memoir of Gloria Vanderbilt left me with mixed feelings. It seemed like her son was interviewing his mother, prompting her with questions. There was very little about Anderson Cooper, and not much about his mother’s custody trial when she was a child, or how made her fortune, lost it through trusting the wrong people, and made it again. It was not an in-depth revelation, although I was surprised that Vanderbilt credits LSD with helping her cope with her emotional problems. I do give her credit for doing the audio book at her advanced age of 91, and for that feat alone she deserves accolades. Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, exchange letters and learn more about one another. A very interesting concept and fun to listen to them read the letters via audiobook. While overall the story of Gloria's childhood and life is not necessarily relatable, the idea of mother and son getting to know one another and discuss some things in writing that are tough to verbalize in conversation was really interesting. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Biography & Autobiography.
Family & Relationships.
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HTML: A charming and intimate collection of correspondence between #1 New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, that offers timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives. Anderson Cooper's intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS' 60 Minutes affords him little time to spend with his ninety-one year old mother. After she briefly fell ill, he and Gloria began a conversation through e-mail unlike any they had ever had before??a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discussed their lives, the things that matter to them, and what they still want to learn about each other. Both a son's love letter to his mother in her final years and an unconventional mother's life lessons for her grown son, The Rainbow Comes and Goes offers a rare window into their close relationship and fascinating lives. In these often hilarious and touching exchanges, they share their most private thoughts and the hard-earned truths they've learned along the way. Throughout, their distinctive personalities shine through??Anderson's darker outlook on the world is a brilliant contrast to his mother's idealism and unwavering optimism. An appealing blend of memoir and inspirational advice, The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a beautiful and affectionate celebration of the profound and universal bond between a parent and child, and, like Tuesdays with Morrie, a thoughtful reflection on life and love, reminding us of the precious knowledge and insight that remains to be shared, no matter what age we are Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Instead, what I got was a whole lot about Gloria, and very little about Anderson. At first I was interested in Gloria’s story, but her constant whining, blaming her parents for absolutely everything that went wrong in her life, and the false modesty really got to me. Seriously, how many times can I take a gorgeous woman (with pictures sprinkled throughout the book to prove it) calling herself a “fat ugly duckling” before I toss the book across the room? (The answer is - too many.)
Ultimately, I don’t think the epistolary format suited this book. The conversations seemed stilted, and Anderson often had to chime in to fill in some of the gaps in his mother’s story. Also, she was very verbose while he only got a line in here and there. And it seemed to me as though she ignored him and his comments. He’d sometimes get vulnerable and open up about something specific (often having to do with the loss of his father), and Gloria would gloss over it and go back to her poor-me tales.
Gloria herself came across as petulant, selfish, and completely unable to take responsibility for her actions even at the age of 91. Everything that went wrong in her life was always someone else’s fault: her father’s for dying, her mother’s for not loving her, her aunt’s for letting her go chaperone-free to Europe at 17, etc, etc. Ugh. So disappointing. ( )