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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
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The audiobook version is sadly quite abridged, but even so it's worth having Jane give an account of her utterly fascinating life.
Never underestimate what might be lying dormant beneath the surface of a backcombed blonde wearing false eyelashes, all she might need is to be asked
4-4.5 stars. I think I have read better memoirs, but Jane Fonda's story is a story to be told.
What I (as a 20 year-old) liked most, was to be teleported into the 40s-very early 2000s. A time I couldn't experience myself.
Moreover, I learned more about American history (I'm not from the US), especially about the Vietnam war (of course from her perspective). I watched two of her movies (Klute & On Golden Pond) during the time I read her memoir, which I can highly recommend (whatever movies you choose) because you get the inside view of Jane and which scenes were important to her/what happened off camera and so on.
I also liked her reflective parts, and how her character changed over time.
What I (as a 20 year-old) liked most, was to be teleported into the 40s-very early 2000s. A time I couldn't experience myself.
Moreover, I learned more about American history (I'm not from the US), especially about the Vietnam war (of course from her perspective). I watched two of her movies (Klute & On Golden Pond) during the time I read her memoir, which I can highly recommend (whatever movies you choose) because you get the inside view of Jane and which scenes were important to her/what happened off camera and so on.
I also liked her reflective parts, and how her character changed over time.
An absolutely fascinating life! This woman is incredible.
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I enjoyed this book a lot!
I didn't know much about Jane Fonda. I knew she was an actress, married a few times, had a famous father, what a political activist and got in trouble for protesting the Vietnam War. I became a fan when I saw Grace and Frankie (great show!). So reading this book was very enlightening.
Her life has been impressive, crazy, and very full. She spoke very openly about her life, her struggles, her difficulties in her marriages, her struggles with eating disorders and her relationship with her father.
Her mother committed suicide (in a really awful way) when she was really young and then she spent her entire life struggling to connect and be seen by her cold fish father. She has a very deep wound from that.
I was most fascinated by her extensive activism. She did SO much good for marginalized people. I know that she is now super into environmental and climate change activism, which is awesome. People that can use their fame and fortune for good are awesome in my book.
Her marriages are all different, but the common theme was that she lost herself in relationships and became whatever the men her life wanted her to be. It was really sad and I never felt like she "fixed" that part of herself. I particularly did NOT like her third husband, Ted Turner. Yes he was an environmental activist and did some really good things for conservation. But he was such a narcissist and the kind of man that bulldozes over everyone in his life, especially women. He was controlling, immature and needy. He NEEDED his women to basically just be constant companions with no job, no hobbies, no interests of their own. SO MANY RED FLAGS.
The book is long, but until the last 30% of the book (the Ted Turner years) it didn't drag. I was fascinated by her chapters about Vietnam, her activism, the fallout and how she tried to fix her mistakes.
The book is very good and I enjoyed it a lot. I would recommend it!
I didn't know much about Jane Fonda. I knew she was an actress, married a few times, had a famous father, what a political activist and got in trouble for protesting the Vietnam War. I became a fan when I saw Grace and Frankie (great show!). So reading this book was very enlightening.
Her life has been impressive, crazy, and very full. She spoke very openly about her life, her struggles, her difficulties in her marriages, her struggles with eating disorders and her relationship with her father.
Her mother committed suicide (in a really awful way) when she was really young and then she spent her entire life struggling to connect and be seen by her cold fish father. She has a very deep wound from that.
I was most fascinated by her extensive activism. She did SO much good for marginalized people. I know that she is now super into environmental and climate change activism, which is awesome. People that can use their fame and fortune for good are awesome in my book.
Her marriages are all different, but the common theme was that she lost herself in relationships and became whatever the men her life wanted her to be. It was really sad and I never felt like she "fixed" that part of herself. I particularly did NOT like her third husband, Ted Turner. Yes he was an environmental activist and did some really good things for conservation. But he was such a narcissist and the kind of man that bulldozes over everyone in his life, especially women. He was controlling, immature and needy. He NEEDED his women to basically just be constant companions with no job, no hobbies, no interests of their own. SO MANY RED FLAGS.
The book is long, but until the last 30% of the book (the Ted Turner years) it didn't drag. I was fascinated by her chapters about Vietnam, her activism, the fallout and how she tried to fix her mistakes.
The book is very good and I enjoyed it a lot. I would recommend it!
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challenging
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informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
A+
A great reflection by Fonda, 60+ years of a very full life, recorded after four years in the making. I’m hopeful she will consider a follow up about her “last act”
A great reflection by Fonda, 60+ years of a very full life, recorded after four years in the making. I’m hopeful she will consider a follow up about her “last act”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent
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