Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092 EAN: 9780061490149 ISBN: 0061490148 Label: William Morrow Manufacturer: William Morrow Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: October 01, 2008 Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: October 14, 2008 Sales Rank: 2670 Studio: William Morrow
Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all—style, looks, boys, brains, and talent. No wonder her younger sister Jan was jealous! For countless adolescents across America who came of age in the early 1970s, Marcia was the ideal American teenager. Girls wanted to be her. Boys wanted to date her. But what viewers didn't know about the always-sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick, the young actress who portrayed her, was living a very different—and not-so-wonderful—life. Now, for the very first time, Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen generations have invited into their living rooms—and the woman she became.
In Here's the Story, Maureen takes us behind the scenes of America's favorite television family, the Bradys. With poignancy and candor, she reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving support her television family provided during a life-or-death moment, and the inconsolable loss of a man who had been a second father. But The Brady Bunch was only the beginning. Haunted by the perfection of her television alter ego, Maureen landed on the dark side, caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life.
Moving from drug dens on Wonderland Avenue to wild parties at the Playboy mansion and exotic escapades on the beaches of Hawaii, this candid, hard-hitting memoir exposes a side of a beloved pop-culture icon the paparazzi missed. Yet it is also a story of remarkable success. After kicking her drug habit, Maureen battled depression, reconnected with her mother, whom she nursed through the end of her life, and then found herself in a pitched battle for her family in which she ultimately triumphed.
There is no question: Maureen McCormick is a survivor. After fifty years, she has finally learned what it means to love the person you are, insight that has brought her peace in a happy marriage and as a mother. Here's the Story is the empowering, engaging, shocking, and emotional tale of Maureen McCormick's courageous struggle over adversity and her lifelong battle to come to terms with the idea of perfection—and herself.
What Others Say
Little Brady Lost
Maureen McCoermick may be in our hearts and TVLAND screens as Maria Brady forever. However after the hype and glitz of the Brady Bunch is gone, beneath the surface is a scared little actress who took up drugs in the 1980's and was lost.
In this abridged audio production, The actress tries to explain her family problems, her addictions to drugs and her dislike like for Marcia Brady. She like many were stereotyped in the box, because of her most well known role. You can hear the grief and fears she has on the audio.
Ms McCormick is the only who caould have read his biography to audio. In the hands of another, those feels she felt would be glossed over in straight narration. She knows the shding over her own life.
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Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
Worth while reading. It's nice to know that pretty girls deal with issues too.
Entertaining, but Lacking Showbiz Depth (3.5 Stars)
If you're like me, you'll be reading Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice because you were a fan of The Brady Bunch. If you're like me, you also read Barry Williams' book, "Growing Up Brady." If you're like me, you'll be disappointed in Maureen McCormick's book because she doesn't go into depth about ANYTHING show business related. She skims the surface about her days as a Brady, but does go into depth about her tough family situations, drug usage, and personal life. Ms. McCormick is extrememly forthcoming about her cocaine habit, and the trouble her addictions led her to get into.
I read this in a day, but was left wanting more. I felt unsatisfied even though I enjoyed the book.
And that's the way she became part of the Brady Bunch...
An interesting read that any fan of the Brady Bunch should most certainly check out. I got Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice because I too, like so many others became a fan of this show due to all the repeats shown on cable networks throughout the years as well as local syndication. I don't know what it is about this silly show from the 70's but the characters and even the actors portraying them have always been of interest to me.
So of course when I found out that our very own Maureen "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" McCormick was going to do an autobiography and give the scoop on what went on behind the scenes and in her life I had to check it out.
For the most part it was a fun read. Surprisingly, its not just a book about what happened on the ... Read More
. . . . It's an Era's Story
As many have mentioned, "Here's the Story" is a very enjoyable book--I read it in a day. The book is intriguing, honest, and it carries the reader through that "growing up" world of the 1960s and 70s. Even though Maureen was a celebrity and the story reflects that overwhelming apsect of her life and the shadow it palls, it also reflects the era's highs of freedom/self-exploration and the lows of drug experimentation/abuse. Many of our generational travelers journeyed down these roads, and Maureen shows that she is one of the surviviors.
"Here's the Story" is the kind of book you won't want to put down. McCormick is honest and frank, and as others have mentioned, she tells of her childhood but doesn't linger there. She moves us ... Read More
