Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice | 
 enlarge | Author: Maureen Mccormick
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0061490148
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9780061490149
ASIN: 0061490148
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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blockquote pMarcia! Marcia! Marcia!/p /blockquote pMarcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's iThe Brady Bunch/i, had it all#8212;style, looks, boys, brains, and talent. No wonder her younger sister Jan was jealous! For countless adolescents across America who came of age in the early 1970s, Marcia was the ideal American teenager. Girls wanted to be her. Boys wanted to date her. But what viewers didn't know about the always-sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick, the young actress who portrayed her, was living a very different#8212;and not-so-wonderful#8212;life. Now, for the very first time, Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen generations have invited into their living rooms#8212;and the woman she became./p pIn iHere's the Story/i, Maureen takes us behind the scenes of America's favorite television family, the Bradys. With poignancy and candor, she reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving support her television family provided during a life-or-death moment, and the inconsolable loss of a man who had been a second father. But iThe Brady Bunch/i was only the beginning. Haunted by the perfection of her television alter ego, Maureen landed on the dark side, caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life./p pMoving from drug dens on Wonderland Avenue to wild parties at the Playboy mansion and exotic escapades on the beaches of Hawaii, this candid, hard-hitting memoir exposes a side of a beloved pop-culture icon the paparazzi missed. Yet it is also a story of remarkable success. After kicking her drug habit, Maureen battled depression, reconnected with her mother, whom she nursed through the end of her life, and then found herself in a pitched battle for her family in which she ultimately triumphed./p pThere is no question: Maureen McCormick is a survivor. After fifty years, she has finally learned what it means to love the person you are, insight that has brought her peace in a happy marriage and as a mother. iHere's the Story/i is the empowering, engaging, shocking, and emotional tale of Maureen McCormick's courageous struggle over adversity and her lifelong battle to come to terms with the idea of perfection#8212;and herself./p
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 Fascinating! December 1, 2008
Rossana Snee (Lakewood, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was a Brady Bunch fan back in the day and of course wished I could look and be like Marcia Brady. Didn't every young girl? At any rate, I thought this book was excellent. Despite the horror her life became, I thought it was courageous for her to write this for the world to know. In a way it's like pricking a ballon and letting the air out. Some may be disappointed to discover the truth, others may be relieved that she was just an ordinary woman with serious problems. This was also a survival story. I give Ms. McCormick a lot of credit for pulling through. At any rate, this book kept me turning the pages. I loved discovering the behind-the-scene facts. It makes me now want to watch the shows all over the again, just because now I know what was going on. I definitely found the book interesting and for anyone who'd like to know the truth, I highly recommend it.
Maureen McCormick Here's the Story December 1, 2008
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book, thought it was very good. I recieved it very quick, that is what I love about ordering through Amazon.
Oh My Review! Ohy My Review! December 1, 2008
Distractions (Jupiter, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has been tagged as one of those gossipy tell-alls. Yes, there's quite a few good nuggets in there -- McCormick's date with Steve Martin, Florence Henderson's habit of walking around her house topless, and the pages and pages of McCormick's coke use. Beyond the drugs, there are weight/image issues and parent abuse. A much weightier book than you might expect, and told with a great voice. br / br /[...]
 Skip this read! November 30, 2008
Kristen L. Harris
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
too over-hyped in the media. Book is badly written and not interesting at all. I highly suggest skipping it
 Being Marcia Brady November 29, 2008
Emma Peel (Sydney, Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kept you interested, wanting to read more, after reading this I felt I knew Maureen McCormick not Marcia Brady which is who she really is obviously by the end of the book I found myself really liking her as a person good photo's in book as well
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