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My First Five Husbands..: And the Ones Who Got Away [Hardcover]

Rue McClanahan (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Broadway Books; 1 edition (10 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0767926765
  • ISBN-13: 978-0767926768
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 261,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Frippery combined with fierceness", 14 July 2007
By Kona (Emerald City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My First Five Husbands..: And the Ones Who Got Away (Hardcover)
I love "The Golden Girls" and couldn't wait to read Rue McClanahan's autobiography. She writes in a manically bubbly style, gushing over the highs and lows of a long show-biz career and a love-life that was so hot it would make even Blanche Devereaux blush.

Eddie Rue McClanahan was born into a conservative Oklahoma family during the Depression, and from an early age wanted two things: To be an actress and to be popular. Popular, to Rue, meant being loved and adored by men, and she was always falling in love too easily and only later wondering why she didn't make better decisions. She was a struggling stage actress in New York with two quick marriages and divorces under her belt when she met Norman Lear who began casting her in TV sitcoms. Two more divorces later, she landed the role of the man-hungry Blanche on "Golden Girls," and gained world-wide fame. Breast cancer and husband number 5 bring her story up to date.

I was fascinated with Rue's unfailing optimism, her determination to succeed in show business, and her abysmally poor decisions when it came to romance. I gave up counting how many affairs she had, and was slack-jawed at the speed with which she married and then hated each husband. Some were physically and emotionally abusive, which was beyond self-destructive; her revolving-door romances were selfish and cruel to her son, who often disliked and was abused by her men. Now in her seventies, Rue still sees herself as an ageless coquette, the belle of the ball desired by every man who sees her. She's happy now, and I'm glad, but her choices in life were often childish and always self-serving. Rue's fans won't be able to put this page-turner down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Girl!, 21 April 2010
By S. E. Harries "Bood addict" (Wales,UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My First Five Husbands..: And the Ones Who Got Away (Hardcover)
I loved this book - she seems like a warm, kind person, even with all the husbands and boyfriends!! If you loved the series '"The Golden Girls" you'll love this as she has some anecdotes about the programmes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 7 Sep 2010
This review is from: My First Five Husbands (Paperback)
From the moment I picked up the book I just couldn't put it down. Her story moves very quickly through husband after husband and there are plenty of anecdotes to keep you entertained. The style of writing is fresh and fun and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed every page. Even if you are not a fan of the Golden Girls - although who isn't? - this is a really great book.
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If you like Rue then this book is for you. Bit of a sob story in parts but good reading.
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