TITLE: Surviving Agent Orange
AUTHOR: Gretchen Bonaduce
GENRE: Memoir
RATING: 4 stars
I am writing this review with some trepidation as I now know how Gretchen feels about reviewers - note to Gretchen; if you are reading this, please don't send me anything LOL.
I rated this book 4 stars because it is intriguing and dare I say it? entertaining. I don't like using that word considering the fact that this is a memoir and most of the content is rather dark.
Having said that, i didn't really follow the Partridge Family, I am nowhere near Hollywood and even I knew that getting into a relationship with Bonaduce could not possibly end well. So, one of my first instincts when reading this book was "well, didn't you see that one coming?" - at. all? However, this book simply reinforces my view that we women, even the strong ones like Gretchen, turn dumb when it comes to men and love.
As I continued to read, I started to truly appreciate Gretchen's honesty at describing situations and her reaction to them. I like that she questions herself, wondering why she stayed for so long and I certainly think she did all she could do to keep her family together. I might have run for the hills way before she did, but nobody could fault her for trying to keep her life and what she knew.
Written in a very clear voice, Gretchen is honest and while some of the events she described could have used a little bit more detail, by the end, I found myself rooting for her to succeed at what she loves to do.
This is a short book and as I said, could have benefited with more fleshing out in some spots, but I find her courageous to a) have tried to hold her family together, b) written this book and c) did not, in the end, define herself only around a "celebrity".
One negative comment, there were several typos in this book. I am not sure if it was because it was Kindle, but it could have used more editing.
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