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Little Girl Lost 1st edition by Drew Barrymore (1990) Hardcover Hardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAtria
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- ASIN : B011MFGJQU
- Language : English
- Item Weight : 0.01 ounces
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,188,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, author, director, model and producer. She is a descendant of the Barrymore family of well-known American stage and cinema actors, and is a granddaughter of actor John Barrymore. Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. In 1980, she made her film debut in Altered States. In 1982, she starred in her breakout role as Gertie in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by www.GlynLowe.com from Hamburg, Germany [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
Todd Gold has collaborated on dozens of books across multiple genres with celebrities and newsmakers, many of them bestsellers, including several titles that reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. These books have also appeared on bestseller lists on Amazon and in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly.
His work includes books with Michael Richards, Dick Van Dyke, Valerie Bertinelli, Melissa Gilbert, Billy Dee Williams, Penny Marshall, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ann-Margret, Drew Barrymore, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, Cedric the Entertainer, Edward Burns, Cliff Bleszinski, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Burt Reynolds, Richard Pryor, Louie Anderson, Belinda Carlisle, Sharon Rocha, and Elisabeth Kübler Ross.
Between 2007 and 2019, Gold was Editor-in-Chief for Comcast’s XFINITY TV, overseeing the award-winning editorial and programming team responsible for creating and innovating the programming for TV, Music, Kids & Family content for Xfinity On Demand and related platforms. His multi-part series behind-the-scenes look at the return of Will & Grace won a Telly Award in 2018.
Prior to that position, he spent 20+ years as a journalist with People and Us Weekly magazines in Los Angeles, including stints as Assistant Managing Editor, West Coast Bureau Chief, and West Coast Editor. He was recognized for his newsbreaking exclusives with Michael Jackson, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Michael J. Fox, Matthew Perry, Britney Spears, and many others.
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Customers find the storyline really good, in-depth, and sweet. They also say the content is well-written and insightful. However, some find the writing style oddly written and hard to follow.
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Customers find the storyline compelling, but bitter. They also say the first-person passages are clear and engaging, while the third-person ones are not. Overall, readers describe the book as a good read with a realistic account of the author's wild days.
"...Just grin and bear it. The story is complex and there is the mothers point of view, the findings in her own therapy, dozens of details and quotes..." Read more
"...The book is written well-balanced, and also gives a brief and comprehensive history of famous Barrymore family..." Read more
"Fantastic book. Its was so much to be exposed at for her at a very early age. I'm so glad she got her life back on track after this book came out." Read more
"The book was great. I was sad when it ended because it was so easy for me to relate to a lot of what she went through...." Read more
Customers find the book insightful, interesting, and well-balanced. They also say it gives a brief and comprehensive history of the Barrymore family.
"...The book is written well-balanced, and also gives a brief and comprehensive history of famous Barrymore family..." Read more
"This is an interesting perspective on a younger Drew Barrymore. The book is understandable old but came torn and tattered...." Read more
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Customers find the writing style oddly written and hard to follow. They also say the third-person narrator is a mess and the co-writer is sloppy.
"...Now for the content: This was the most difficult book I have ever read. A compelling but bitter read...." Read more
"Book wasn't as great as I thought it might be. The writing was that of a child, which is exactly what she was at the time...." Read more
"...all the way through yet, but I'm making an exception because this book is unreadable...." Read more
"...It made the book kinda hard to follow. I stopped reading 1/2 way through and moved on to another book...." Read more
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Now for the content: This was the most difficult book I have ever read. A compelling but bitter read. For those of us who love Drew, her story was nearly unbearable. No child, no matter who, should ever have to suffer the torment, pain, frustration, humiliation, bitterness, disappointment, abandonment and fear that this beautiful child and world class talent endured. At first, it appears Drew's single parent mother is the "good guy" but her own abusive relationship with with John Drew Barrymore (Drew's father), her codependency, shortcomings and poor management of her own and Drews life contributed to Drews life sinking into the abyss of drugs, alcohol and a pathologically low self esteem. Drew finally had to recognize her life style was no longer a choice she could keep but was approaching a critical life or death decision. Drew was loved by dozens, if not hundreds of personal friends, and Hollywood professionals. She could play in Steven Spielberg's backyard or visit Stephen King any time she wished. But the love, respect and adoration of wonderful people never could fill the bitter and empty void Drew suffered where family belonged. More desperately than life itself, Drew wanted a father that loved her, something she never even came close to. Instead she got abandonment, ridicule, rejection, abuse and humiliation. Drew finished this book at fourteen and the prologue says it all. She envisioned a happy ending with victory and promise, after the months of hard work and intense therapy during her hospitalization. In the end though, she is back in the hospital after a second relapse, scared, ashamed, discouraged. Years before becoming a women, you will read about probably the strongest adolescent you will ever follow. Drew, as she says, will live the rest of her life on the brink of disaster, from minute to minute and hour to hour. That does not mean she can not and has not learned to let go of her deepest pain and embrace the productive and loving life we all want for her. While it's true Drew had wonderful, skilled and insightful professionals in her hospitalization and recovery, the sickening feeling you get in your stomach is when you helplessly realize that these are tools, life changing tools, but none the less tools. No one can save Drew her from herself except Drew, and this fourteen year old superstar in the final analysis is frighteningly isolated and on her own. I'm sure Drew will never forget the turning point in her treatment that left her speechless: "Drew, have you reached your bottom yet?"
After a deep breath and reading this autobiography again, I plan to read "Happily Ever After" by Leah Furman, and follow Drew's adult career at least enough to find some resolution to the heartbreaking impact this childs story left me with.
Nuts and bolts: As you will see, this book is "with Todd Gold". Just grin and bear it. The story is complex and there is the mothers point of view, the findings in her own therapy, dozens of details and quotes from Drews therapists and other observations that do deserve to be included to establish timelines and round out the story. None the less, Drew (at thirteen and fourteen) is a beautiful writer. Her writing is constantly interrupted by by Todd Gold, whose input, in my opinion should be shorter and be in footnotes at the bottom of the page. Although his input is in narrow paragraphs and a different type style, his constant intrusion is annoying and often appears to be telling the reader what to think. The additional information is welcome, belaboring it is not, and Drew's words definitely do not need explaining.
If you choose to read this book, good luck, keep a Kleenex handy and above all, if you're a parent, realize the power and responsibility you've been given. If you loved "Carol", the loveable little pain-in-the butt thirteen year old in American Graffiti, her story (written decades later as an adult) is "High on Arrival" by Laura Mackenzie Phillips and is available. It is a difficult read also and offers remarkable parallels in places to Drew Barrymore but from another childhood star.
Some thought, and even now may think, that the book is trying to exploit her scandal, but that is not simply true. The book records minutely her wild days after her sudden fame, but Drew does not lose her level-headed attitudes on her past, and honestly tells what happened in her life.
The book's contents cover the events from her birth to her day of recovery at fourteen, and naturally considerable part is devoted to her days of decline into drinking and drug. Drew doesn't conceal the truth about her personality, difficult relationship with her mother, many adventures resulting from her behavior, and hard days in the hospital. Her first-hand knowledge is, however, what many teenagers would feel in their own life, and probably many teens and adults alike can relate to the honest Drew; that is the best past of the book, and Drew's harrowing personal experience must not be dismissed as a simple, usual, celebrity's gossip you will forget next day.
And thanks to her wise decision, the book includes many pages recording her good days in Hollywood. The most memorable is her memoir during the shooting of "ET" and her friendship with the director Steven Spielberg. Her recollection is full of happy episodes, which are as touching as the film itself, and it is easy to understand that the movie means a lot to them. She also remembers her funny tall tales she made before Spielberg at the audition for "ET," and nervous feelings at her appearance on TV "Saturday Night Live" as a host. Other co-workers too appear in her book (one of them is Stephen King), and it is interesting to read those pages.
"Little Girl Lost" consists two narratives: Drew's own voice written (or probably recorded) in the first-person narrative, and contributor Todd Golds's third-person commentary explaining the background of her life, which includes comments by people around her including Jaid, Drew's mother. Both tell her life one after the other, so the book succeeds in not giving one-sided view on things around her. The book is written well-balanced, and also gives a brief and comprehensive history of famous Barrymore family (of course, you knew she belongs to the legendary Barrymores? If not, it's time.)
There are so many thing I want to talk, but about the rest, you buy the book and read it. The book is readable, and her very realistic account of her wild days, I confess, is gripping and absorbing. Some people say it is sad, and they are right. But she made it; she survived; and after knowing how she did it, you come to like her all the more.
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I personally have had what is classed as a 'difficult childhood'. I do not have positive relationships with any of my family, and have had a background of abuse in many forms, and (probably because of this) turned to alcohol and drugs. I am 23 now, am an alcoholic and recovering drug addict, and have been in and out of psychiatric hospitals (which I think really helped me relate to Drew's experiences of being in hospital). Although I do not know Drew personally, I am proud of her for writing this book, for trying to reach out to other children who may be in a similar situation, and for trying to explain that slowly but surely things can get better if you ask for help. In this book Drew is a mere 14 years old, yet she has more insight than some 60 year olds I know. At the time of publication of this book, her relationship with her mother had been progressing, although since this book came out, it is a known fact that her relationship with her mum has been strained. I understand this, as in my instance, I haven't had any 'proper' communication with my mum since I was 14. I guess I can relate to this more than a 'oh my, this is a tragic story', I can relate because I have struggled with the same issues Drew has for as long as I can remember.
I recommend this book to anyone, Drew fans or people who have never really been interested in her. Personally, I had watched a few of Drew's films before getting this book, and had thought her a good actress.. nothing more. But reading this book gave me more insight and understanding to her life. She is a brave woman, who has overcome many obstacles that people should never have to face, but unfortunately do, and she has come out the other side to become an inspiration to people in general, but especially to people who have been through some of what she has experienced. Through reading this, I have evolved from someone who was merely interested in reading about someone who has experienced some of what I have, to avidly supporting Drew and feeling a sense of pride that someone who I don't even know has come out the other side of this. I'm sure she still has difficult days, but for me.. this has given me a little bit of hope that even though I'm not there yet, and it will take me a long, long time to be 'there', people can come through things like this.
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