Spilling the Beans by Clarissa Dickson Wright Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Spilling the Beans
Book Review: Beans, Beans good for your heart!
Summary: 4 Stars
I think that as long as you have seen Two fat Ladies you will get a real kick out of this book. Painfully honest and just plain fascinating. I imagine it must have been very cathartic for Clarissa. It actually allows me to enjoy Two Fat Ladies even more and I watch my DVD's over and over. What a shame we lost Jennifer, how grand it would have been to have a couple more seasons of this wonderful and wacky twosome. If on the other hand you have never seen Two Fat Laides, I think it is still a fascinating read.Kudo's to Clarissa for overcoming incredible sorrows, and recreating a life after making terrible choices that she freely acknowledges. Admirable at the least and inspiring at its best. Well Done Clarissa. I think the read is as delicious as many of her recipes.Book Review: Before and after 2 Fat Ladies
Summary: 5 Stars
Clarissa Dickson Wright was born into the upper class of British society. Viewed from afar, her life should have been idyllic -- money, position, famous father, etc. but the reality was quite different.
Wright survived a painful childhood, became a barrister, but ultimately was felled by alcoholism and lost her career, her wealth, and her trim figure BUT she never lost her sense of humor or her tenacity to ultimately survive. Wright is a clever and funny writer who tells her story at a brisk pace. The reader is swept along as Wright's addiction swallows her life and we are carried out the other side of the abyss as Wright begins the journey from alcoholic to recovered alcoholic and on to her very successful career on television as one of the Two Fat Ladies. I admit to not being remotely interested in cooking and to have not seen her television program (which having read this book, I'm sorry that I haven't seen it) nevertheless, she is an interesting person and she writes entertainingly and unapologetically about her experiences on her life journey. She very effectively makes the point that AA helped her overcome alcoholism but she does it without ever appearing to be preachy. Clarissa Dickson Wright is a survivor and it's good that she chose to share her story.
Book Review: Candid, comical, entertaining, sobering
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never viewed the television cooking program but was interested in hearing the story of how a brilliant member of England's aristocracy could squander her fortune and screw her life up so totally with excess alcohol and related bad decisions and then, through patience, persistence, and hard headed willpower achieve such remarkable success. If you're a fan of the cooking program, you'll especially enjoy the related insights.Book Review: Clarissa's Life
Summary: 4 Stars
An autobiography by someone who had a unusual and varied life. Lots of family pictures and details. The author is a truly interesting character.Book Review: Delightful
Summary: 4 Stars
How fun to get to know a woman of such character. Her story is honest and forthright. How is that a brilliant and wealthy woman could reach homelessness? She overcame her past as few people do. As an American I simply do not comprehend some English phrases but beyond that I enjoyed the story and its outcome immensely! Keep on doin' what you do, Clarissa!
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