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WHERE AM I NOW?: TRUE STORIES OF GIRLHOOD AND ACCIDENTAL FAME PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Mara Wilson | 272 pages | 22 Sep 2016 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780143128229 | English | New York, United States Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson: | : Books She was a celebrity, so she was involved in celebrity things, but also lived as a normal person. But she thankfully embraces it. I liked her then as Matilda, of course , and I love her now. I love her writing style and her honesty. This is a great read, and I highly recommend it! You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. It was really more of a collection of autobiographical essays than a straight memoir. We learn about her early days as a child actor although not too much about why she wanted to act exactly—her brother had done some commercials so she did some too and that lead to movie roles but I wondered how her family got into acting in the first place and it was fun reading what it was like on set for a child on things like Melrose Place. She also talks quite a bit about leaving acting during puberty after transitioning from cute kid to attractive but not a knockout adolescence and even talks briefly about some other stars she encountered that were in the business and stayed in it. She managed to stay performing in some way first in the surprisingly cut-throat world of show choir??!!? The book is well worth a look if you were a Mara Wilson fan, are interested in former child actors or just really enjoy autobiographical essays. I saw her speak a few years ago and she was very thoughtful and interesting. Thanks for the review, I may just have to bump it up my TBR list a few notches. Like Liked by 1 person. It was this ease on the internet that eventually translated into the successful career she has today. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. THEN AND NOW: Child stars of classic holiday movies - Insider No reviews as yet to help decide? Jenn Arrebollo I think junior high or older as far as being appropriate. However, if you're looking for someone to appreciate the things she is saying I would skew …more I think junior high or older as far as being appropriate. However, if you're looking for someone to appreciate the things she is saying I would skew 20s and older. She speaks a lot of how her childhood affects who she is today, and I found it very relatable and comforting as she and I are similar in age. Is this on Kindle?? Cora Yup. Just read it on Kindle. See all 6 questions about Where Am I Now? Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Where Am I Now? Sep 18, Wil Wheaton rated it it was amazing. Mara Wilson is a delightful storyteller. I felt like she wrote this book just for me, and I cried a lot while I was reading it. But you don't need to be an adrift adult who was a famous kid like me to fall in love with her stories and the people in them. Mara is almost 20 years younger than me, but the stories she told about growing up weird, sensitive, and filled with anxiety could have come from my own childhood -- and that doesn't even take into account the whole famous child actor thing. I Mara Wilson is a delightful storyteller. I literally just finished Where Am I Now? I suspect I'll be processing them for awhile, because that's what a good book, written by a talented author, will do to a person. View all 7 comments. Sep 20, Patrick rated it it was amazing. I probably picked this book up for different reasons that most people. I'm not particularly a fan of Mara Wilson. Or, to be more accurate, I should say I don't think I'm a typical fan of hers. I never saw Matilda, or a lot of the other movies she acted in back in the day. But I met her at Nerdcon. And I liked her. Then I followed her on Twitter, and she was funny and smart. So when her book came out, I thought, why not give it a try? And it's good. It's an interesting window into the life of a I probably picked this book up for different reasons that most people. It's an interesting window into the life of a child star. And into the mind of the person living through it. It's honest and truthful without being painfully confessional, either. That's something I'm kinda sensitive to, I cringe easy. I didn't have a lot of emotional investment in Mara Wilson walking into this as opposed to a lot of people who watched Matilda or Mrs Doubtfire when they were kids. And her life isn't really very similar to mine. So it seems like this book shouldn't be for me. That I shouldn't have an entry point into it. Or that I shouldn't enjoy it. But the truth is, we like seeing into other people's lives. It's one of the great joys of novels. Of stories in general. It's one of the truths that my Kingkiller books are built around. It's interesting reading the intimate details of another person's life. Especially if that person has lived an interesting life, and if they're willing to speak show you behind the scenes into how they were really thinking at the time. And Mara Wilson does that marvelously well. I really loved the book. And that says a lot, as I don't think I was in any way the target audience for it. Also, it's worth noting that I listened to this as an audio book, read by the author. I think that adds a lot to the experience. Good stuff. Well worth your time. View all 8 comments. Jun 09, Chelsea Humphrey rated it really liked it Shelves: from-publisher. My love of all things Mara Wilson goes back to my childhood in the 90s. From Mrs. Doubtfire to Matilda and everything in between, you could call me a moderate to severe fan. As the years passed and Mara slowly left the spotlight, I often wondered where she went. Thankfully she wrote this book and answered all my nosy questions and then some! This was a whole modge-podge of content that flowed nicely and was organized rather well. At times, there were heaps of dry humor that had me snorting out loud and at others, a quiet intensity that was serious with all the touchy feels you can imagine. I loved the little tid bits from behind the scenes that only the crew was privy to; it made me feel like an insider. I also loved how vulnerable she was with working through her self esteem issues that were beat down by ruthless individuals in Hollywood. Each story, along with the entire length of the book, was just right. Some memoirs seem to contain boring fluff just to get a higher page count; this one was concise and to the point. The fact that she has never been to jail or rehab blows my mind away! Read it for yourself and see what you think. If you hate it, let me know so that I can tell you how wrong you are but still love you anyway! View all 23 comments. Dec 31, Nat rated it really liked it Shelves: essays , diverse-reads , nonfiction , memoir. If you can affect someone when theyre young, you are in their heart forever. I had no idea what to expect. But I loved it. This memoir goes quite deep into a lot of subjects that always intrigue and leave me wanting for more. I'm mainly talking about Wilson questioning her faith, the waning of her career, feminism, sisterly love, OCD, anxiety, depression, mental health care, grief… a plethora of topics that were all given their respective page time. I ended up laughing out loud uproariously more than I was anticipating-- something I always welcome with open arms. At some point early in our relationship, it had been established that I was the flighty, funny one, and he was the sensible one, so it was his duty to curb my grandiosity. We were a living screwball comedy. It was an important, heartfelt, funny, and enlightening read that had me enraptured till the end. It took so long to film that instead of putting a start and end time on the call sheet, they just put an infinity symbol. Doubtfire trailer. My little sister is now six inches taller than I am. This is about the only positive male attention I got in middle school. We already felt like family. If you're interested in buying Where Am I Now? I'll make a small commission! Buy a Coffee for nat bookspoils with Ko-fi. Dec 08, Laura rated it it was amazing Shelves: memoir , read-in , nonfiction. A few months after I found the video of Robin and me, it was taken down, apparently due to copyright infringement.

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