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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Mackenzie Phillips's character Julie was my favorite on "One Day at a Time", so when I found out Ms. Phillips had written a memoir, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. It turned out to be a heart-wrenching account of a little girl who was given no boundaries and raised to believe that she was not accountable for her behavior. That a child is taught by a parent how to roll joints and then later how to shoot up heroin is mind blowing. And then to discover that this same parent molested her was too much. While reading High on Arrival I longed to reach out and hug that child to let her know that not all adults/parents were so self-absorbed and untrustworthy. I couldn't hug her, but I was doing the next best thing: listening to her story.
High on Arrival reads more like a diary than an memoir, relating episode after episode of getting high, having sex and being molested. Halfway through the book I'd gotten tired of reading about drugs and liaisons with other celebrity kids. I wish Ms. Phillips had offered more self-reflection and insights into how her previous experiences have shaped her self-awareness, but then again, a diary is there to offer a safe space for the outpour of emotions. Ms. Phillips has enormous courage to lay bare her deepest, darkest secrets and certainly has been strong to withstand the backlash from her family that this book has caused. I applaud you, Ms. Phillips, and wish you all the success I can for your continued healing.
It's definitely worth reading to have an idea of what it can be like for child stars growing up in Hollywood. It certainly helps me to find compassion for the young startlets who are now in trouble: Lindsay Lohen, Brittney Spears, etc.
Carolyn Vines, author of memoir Black and Abroad: Traveling Beyond the Limitations of Identity
Black and Abroad: Traveling Beyond the Limitations of Identity
High on Arrival reads more like a diary than an memoir, relating episode after episode of getting high, having sex and being molested. Halfway through the book I'd gotten tired of reading about drugs and liaisons with other celebrity kids. I wish Ms. Phillips had offered more self-reflection and insights into how her previous experiences have shaped her self-awareness, but then again, a diary is there to offer a safe space for the outpour of emotions. Ms. Phillips has enormous courage to lay bare her deepest, darkest secrets and certainly has been strong to withstand the backlash from her family that this book has caused. I applaud you, Ms. Phillips, and wish you all the success I can for your continued healing.
It's definitely worth reading to have an idea of what it can be like for child stars growing up in Hollywood. It certainly helps me to find compassion for the young startlets who are now in trouble: Lindsay Lohen, Brittney Spears, etc.
Carolyn Vines, author of memoir Black and Abroad: Traveling Beyond the Limitations of Identity
Black and Abroad: Traveling Beyond the Limitations of Identity
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Mackenzie Phillips has written a BRAVE and Honest book about her troubled and amazing life.I just bought "High on Arrival" today,and went through the entirer book,but can't wait to read every word,but so far I can't put it down.
The most honest part is the sexual relationship with her father,John Phillips for ten years.He even wanted to run away with her to live there lives as husband and wife.She ended the relationship when she got pregnet,and didn't know if he was the Father or her boyfriend,so she had an abortion.{Whats even worse is when John Phillips got his new liver,and he kept on doing drugs and drinking destroying his new liver.Just think of the person that could be alive today if John would have just said,"I'm not giving up my lifestyle,so give this gift of life to someone that deserves it")
I hope and pray by getting this out,Mackenzie can start her life all over again,One day at a time.
The most honest part is the sexual relationship with her father,John Phillips for ten years.He even wanted to run away with her to live there lives as husband and wife.She ended the relationship when she got pregnet,and didn't know if he was the Father or her boyfriend,so she had an abortion.{Whats even worse is when John Phillips got his new liver,and he kept on doing drugs and drinking destroying his new liver.Just think of the person that could be alive today if John would have just said,"I'm not giving up my lifestyle,so give this gift of life to someone that deserves it")
I hope and pray by getting this out,Mackenzie can start her life all over again,One day at a time.
Format:Paperback
Mackenzie Phillips' memoir is intense and disturbing. It's also bizarre, disgusting, and infinitely fascinating. She wrote it in 2009, after a news-making drug arrest and recovery, the latest in a long line of highs and lows that began when she took her first hard drugs at the age of twelve.
This book is very well-written; I didn't skip a single word, it was so interesting (as well as appalling). Born to an exceedingly bad father, experiencing fame in show business at a young age, and spending decades wrestling with the despair of drug abuse, Mackenzie tells about it all in detail, no holds barred. The book is exhausting to read and a very surprisingly look behind the red carpet. The main focus of her life has always been her complicated relationship with her father; because of his complete lack of parenting skills and total selfishness, it's amazing that Mackenzie is still alive, let alone as happy and hopeful as she is.
This is a shocking book, recommended for her fans and anyone affected by drug abuse.
This book is very well-written; I didn't skip a single word, it was so interesting (as well as appalling). Born to an exceedingly bad father, experiencing fame in show business at a young age, and spending decades wrestling with the despair of drug abuse, Mackenzie tells about it all in detail, no holds barred. The book is exhausting to read and a very surprisingly look behind the red carpet. The main focus of her life has always been her complicated relationship with her father; because of his complete lack of parenting skills and total selfishness, it's amazing that Mackenzie is still alive, let alone as happy and hopeful as she is.
This is a shocking book, recommended for her fans and anyone affected by drug abuse.
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