A Paper Life

Author - Tatum O´neal ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from HarperEntertainment was reviewed on 23-Jul-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment.
Tatum´s courage to overcome horrific abuse is very inspiring and this book chronicles that journey. Some may question the validity of the abuse she describes in the book but anyone who´s had abusive parents knows she speaks the truth and is not exaggerating.

It´s very telling that the first thing Ryan O´Neal and John McEnroe said when this book was released was "Tatum is crazy". That´s the classic response abusers always give - it´s a dead giveaway.

Thank you, Tatum (and Griffin, Redmond and Patrick), for this book and the hope it provides to all of us who´ve survived being attacked and violated by our own parents.¤

2) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment. this is a very important book. what an extremely sad life. she suffered so much at the hands of horrendous parents and a drug-addled narcissistic hollywood culture that to this day still destroys everything that it touches. then (surprise) she marries a complete prick in mcenroe who does everything to destroy her. what an important expose on the hollywood culture that continues to destroy so many people. they sacrifice any chance of love and normalcy to be famous and get the cash. her father should have been arrested and/or institutionalized a long time ago. this is a great book because it completely destroys the hollywood myth and exposes it for the horrific juggernaut that it is- all smiles and lies and phoniness hiding the reality of addiction, emptiness, abuse and wholesale prostituion of the soul. before these people get a chance to really live they dive head-first into a profession and a culture that rapes their souls and treats them like financial institutions. they are rendered soul-less and rutterless, trees without roots, standing on the pier as their lives sail away from them. once you miss the train it can be hard to get where you need to go. in other words there is absolutely no substitute for being loved, protected and guided by parents who know the meaning of love and aren´t using their children to get rich and become famous.¤

3) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment. It takes true courage to disclose these intimate details of a person´s life, especially if you are in the public eye. Seeing her in the news again brought me back to when I read this book and her life she has lived.

I hope she finds the peace she is seeking soon. This book will help you understand her more and not judge her. Movie stars are people too.

It will bring your compassion out when reading this book.

Merna Throne

Pocket of Pearls: A 30-day pocket workbook to start hearing a softer voice inside of you!
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4) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment. Four days ago, June 2, 2008 before I started reading A Paper Life, I read a few of the reviews for the book. But even reading those didn´t prepare me for some of the gut wrenching, heartbreaking periods of time that this strong and courageous woman has been able to endure.

It seems to me that Tatum wrote her autobiography in a way that goes deeper than any film created could have ever done. I think her writing is full of unbridled honesty from a wild child. It´s a tough book; she´s had a real life. A private person has opened the door of her personal and professional life with her feelings, memories, excerpts from her own diaries, plus included photos. I felt as though she wrote as honestly as she would have in writing her own diaries, but with consideration for her audience. She possessed a cathartic key and unlocked the story in her heart and mind writing this book. The fact that she is a Scorpio and has allowed the world to read what she has revealed is a gift within itself. (I´m a Leo.)

I had never seen the film, Paper Moon. I ordered it off of Amazon yesterday, ten minutes before I found the movie split in scenes on www.youtube.com. I just watched a few scenes, saving the movie until it arrives on DVD. Now I´m glad I never had the opportunity to watch it until now. I couldn´t have appreciated it as much as I do now. I saw enough to know that it´s everything Tatum said it is, "The film itself is a diamond, a work of art, just as beautiful and poignant and evocative today as when we made it." (p. 7)

My favorite quote of Tatum´s within her book is a confutation: "What I´ve learned is that love definitely doesn´t mean ´never having to say you´re sorry.´" (p. 279) I couldn´t agree with her more. It rings true in my life. Do you remember the comic strip Love is ... ? That´s what this quote first brought to my mind when I was considering the original source. One cartoon read "Love is... never having to say you´re sorry". Also according to Wikipedia, it´s also a line from the novel and film "Love Story":

"The quote appears twice in the film. Once toward the middle when MacGraw´s character Jennifer Cavilleri says it, and again as the last line in the film, repeated by O´Neal´s character Oliver Barrett IV as a tribute to Jennifer." I´m glad I ran a Google search on the quote, because I´m assuming the latter is where the confuted quote came from.

In the book Tatum stated, "The twelve-step community took me in, embraced me, as the AA saying goes, loved me until I could love myself. A lot of these twelve-step slogans are true. Miracles can happen." (p.272) I hope that she never forgets that, especially right now. Just like Sean said, "People make mistakes." (p. 279)
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5) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment. If even HALF of what she wrote (because there is always three sides to a story) is true then I think Ryan O´Neal is the worst type of father that there is. Reading this story made me realize why todays child stars (think Britney Spears) are in such a mess. Read this book and get the scoop on how it was to grow up as "Hollywood Royalty". It is definitely not the fairy tale story that you expect to read. I need to take a shower after reading this book.¤

6) Hardcover Book A Paper Life by HarperEntertainment. At age ten, Tatum O´Neal became the youngest Oscar winner in history for her performance in the film classic Paper Moon. She was hailed as a new kind of child star -- sassy and precocious -- for a hip, cynical age. As the sidekick to her father, the flamboyant star and man-about-town Ryan O´Neal, she became a fixture at the most glamorous Hollywood parties and counted celebrities ranging from Cher to Stanley Kubrick among her childhood friends.

But behind the glittering facade of Tatum´s life lay heartbreak: abandonment, abuse, and neglect. Her alcoholic mother, the actress Joanna Moore, drifted in and out of her life. Her father, saddled with both Tatum and her brother Griffin, grew increasingly punishing and distant, especially after moving in with his longtime love, Farrah Fawcett. By her late teens, Tatum -- though a working actress with ten movies to her credit -- had begun a perilous slide into self-destruction.

Then, just before her twenty-first birthday, Tatum met the man who would become her husband: the explosive tennis great John McEnroe. They had three children, Kevin, Sean, and Emily, in quick succession, followed by one of the messiest high-profile divorces on record. With the collapse of her marriage and no real family to turn to, Tatum succumbed to the demons of her past, which would nearly kill her.

Now she has emerged clean and sober, rediscovering herself as an actress, mother, and wonderfully vibrant woman in what she considers the prime of her life.

A Paper Life is a story of strength and courage: unflinchingly honest, yet poignant, often funny, and unfailingly uplifting. It is a tale of triumph steeped in Hollywood lore -- and an inspiring testament to the healing power of love.¤

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