One of the better autobiographies.

Reviewed by Nicole D. Sollman, 2003-04-22

This is one of the better autobiographies to read in my opinion. Kathie Lee may be sugary sweet, but she doesn't sugar coat it in her book.

I find her interesting, because I think there are and have been many women that tried to have a career and fame that she has had. Yet when she was told at an early age that she couldn't sing, she took on the "Oh yeah? I'll show you." attitude.

In all honesty she is a good example of why trying until you succeed works. She has it all and even after bad press she still has it all.

She goes into detail about growing up with parents that didn't tolerate bad manners, a non-appreciation of family and God, and still fell head over heels for a surfer named Yancy. She saw the false side of show business before entering it herself. She married young, and then went on to have a few relationships before the "Giff" that showed her what the difference between being a trophy and a treasure. Of course would the book be the same if she didn't share stories about Regis, Cody and Cassidy?

Great book to read at the beach or by the pool. If you don't come away wanting to do something more with your life then you didn't read the whole thing.

Strangly Appealing Bio

Reviewed by Anonymous, 1998-09-29

As a liberal feminist living is San Francisco, I have few venues to share my appreciation for Kathie Lee Gifford. Although I suspect most of her fans are wholesome, All American Christians living in the Midwest and the South, I too find her sugary, self-absorbed persona irresistable. Why? While so many of today's celebrities have images that seem somehow manufactured, Kathie Lee breaks down the fourth wall, on her show and in this book, by sharing all her intimate secrets, some of them embarassingly tame. Perhaps more than any other tv personality, she is a reflection of a time that is fading from modern life: a 50s childhood of church on Sunday and summers at the beach, with parents that threatened to disown her if she slept with her boyfriend prior to marriage. The childhood reminiscenses in this book are charming, as are her accounts of motherhood. But Kathie Lee proves herself as a normal human being when she recounts her mismatched first marriage to "the perfect Christian catch" and her disillusioning experiences at Oral Roberts University. She emerges, unlike so many of today's celebrities, as a woman who has had to question herself and her values.