It's Always Something"I had wanted to wrap this book up in a neat little package. I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end." The world fondly remembers the many faces of Gilda Radner: the adamant but misinformed Emily Litella; the hyperkinetic Girl Scout Judy Miller; the irrepressibly nerdy Lisa Loopner; the gross-out queen of local network news, Rosanne Rosannadanna. A supremely funny performer, Gilda lost a long and painful struggle in May 1989 to "the most unfunny thing in the world"--cancer. But the face she showed the world during this dark time was one of great courage and hope. It's Always Something is the story of her struggle told in Gilda's own remarkable words--a personal chronicle of strength and indomitable spirit and love undiminished by the cruel ravages of disease. This is Gilda, with whom we laughed on Saturday Night Live: warm, big-hearted, outrageous, and real. This is Gilda's last gift to us: the magnificent final performance of an incomparable entertainer whose life, though tragically brief, enriched our own lives beyond measure. |
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User Review - AliceAnna - LibraryThingOverall, a very bad book. I truly loved Gilda Radner but she came across in this book as very flighty, whiny and needy. And the picture she portrayed of Gene Wilder was not really attractive -- she ... Read full review
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User Review - CarolO - LibraryThingRIP Gilda. What a bittersweet read. She writes honestly about her battle with ovarian cancer and right up to the last word never admits defeat. I admired her standing up to doctors that only saw her ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
The Baby and the Movie Star | 30 |
Forty | 46 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | It's Always Something |
| Author | Gilda Radner |
| Edition | braille |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0671638688, 9780671638689 |
| Length | 269 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts |
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