Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles by Kathleen Turner Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles
Book Review: If you enjoy Kathleen Turner and theater it's a must read.
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is not gossipy but brutally honest not only about some of her costars but of herself. Now she's not afraid to toot her own horn either but it also shows a slightly humble side of her. I think it would be a great read for a young aspiring actress or anyone battling Rheumatoid Arthritis. Overall it's well written and entertaining if you enjoy Kathleen Turner and theater it's a must read.Book Review: Kathleen must send herself roses because no one else would!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have just experienced the most uncomfortable weekend slogging through this tripe of a book. I was quite disappointed because I used to quite admire Kathleen Turner for her ballsy, strong female image. Now, I think she is a self-involved, angry alcoholic with TERRIBLY low self-esteem.
The first irritation was her penchant for calling me, the reader, "honey" or "babe". Ms. Turner, I guarantee you I am NEITHER YOUR HONEY NOR YOUR BABE. Never will be either, thank goodness.
She would speak of herself and her actions as if she was a brand: "I Turnered it." Ugh, I wanted to read about her as a human being, not her as a made up corporation.
On page 91 of my copy: "Michael (Douglas) always says nice things about me...as well he should." Get OVER yourself!
On page 98: Her husband (poor guy stuck it out for 20 years longer than any sane man should have) confronts her on his embarrassment about a movie she is in. Her response: "...but we're going to get this straight right now that you cannot tell me what I can and cannot do in my work." Compromise, working as a team? Compassion and support of your partner's feelings? Nope! Not when you are married to the Turner brand!
Page 118: Nicholas Cage sued her for remarks she wrote on this page and rightfully so. I noticed that she was fond of saying how much she disliked this and that person and Mr. Cage is not the only person she slandered in this book. But I found it deliciously ironic that she writes: 'For years, whenever I saw Nic he would apologize again. I'd say, "Look, I'm way over it. It's okay now." ' Obviously, she is so "over it" that she brings it up in her autobiography and gets sued so now SHE must apologize to HIM in every further printing of this book, and on national TV. Payback!
Being a strong woman is all well and good, but being a compassionate, open hearted, forgiving woman is much better. That is a person I want to read a book about.
Overall, I just felt her tone and approach showed not the strength she wanted to, but the self-centered desperation that she is truly full of.
I simply can't stand this book. But now, I TRULY UTTERLY despise Ms. Kathleen Turner.
Turnerize that.
Book Review: I loved this book
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved how honest Kathleen Turner is about her life. I thought of it as an honor to read anything about Kathleen Turners life. I think alot of people forget that she is just human like the rest of us and she makes mistakes too.Book Review: What will happen to her ego now?
Summary: 1 Stars
that she has to read all these honest and scathing reviews? Who or what will she blame her inappropriate behaviors on? What a dissapointing read and personality. I am going to burn my copy so no one else I know has to go through this.Book Review: Repetitious, bounces around, sometimes frank, mostly rambling
Summary: 2 Stars
Be forewarned, the book's subtitle is "Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles," so it isn't really an autobiography. It's more like a course in acting because she goes on at great length about the actor's life, approaching roles, living parts, stagecraft. You'll find some of that interesting if you are also an actor.
Even though Turner had a co-writer, the book desperately needed an editor. She repeats herself a lot, like a pitcher winding up a pitch and not quite letting it go. It's very conversational in that sense, but most conversation -- when you see it in written form -- seems inane.
Most people have boring childhoods and you rush through that part, but Turner's childhood is almost more fascinating than her adulthood because her father was in the diplomatic service and they traveled and lived all over the world.
She makes quick work of discussing her films except for "Body Heat" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf." She discusses those two too long and keeps revisiting them out of context. You quickly can tell the co-stars she hated. (And I agree with her tastes. I hated them in the films, too.) It's amazing to think that she had very little experience when she was hired to do "Body Heat," her first film, and it became her signature role. Things happen fast for some people, and because of her decision to live in New York, continue stagework, and be very selective about her films, she has a fairly unHollywood like existence with just one husband.
Still, I can't really recommend this book to anyone but acting students because too many pages are devoted to her philosophy of life and the art of acting, and it bogs down for long stretches. And yet at the same time she hasn't left out much if anything. It's all there. So the only thing you can conclude is that her life is almost too ordinary to make a whole book without a lot of philosophical padding.