Lord of the Dance: My Story
by Michael Flatley
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Author: Michael FlatleyContributor: Douglas Thompson
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-07
ISBN: 0743291794
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Touchstone
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Book Review: A True Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
This is exactly what I was looking for when, at the end of the day, I just want to go somewhere else. Well written, humourous and full of inspiring challenges we can all learn from, the only thing that made me think sadly for his life is my knowledge of Alice Miller and her book 'Drama of the Gifted Child." It seems his mother is not too fond of him - 'an inability to show feelings' is how he puts it and this is corroborated by impartial collegues of his - and yet it seems he blames himself. I was left wondering - after his aquisition of luxury homes, achievements, awards, ferrari's, rolls royce's etc. - if he somehow has been running from grief-turned-into-ambition. He cries in his book, one day wondering if he, himself, missed out on what life is really all about. If he would read Drama of the Gifted Child he could free himself from the compulsion to achieve by legitimate grief over never having his mother's love. I adore him - as do many others - but he must learn to like himself on the off days, on the days no one applauds. In order to do this he needs to acknowledge what our society never allows children to do: be angry at parents for failing to provide love. Instead, so many children turn that anger on themselves (via suicide) or into ambition.
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