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| Authors: John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 24562
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 1843172895
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.028092
EAN: 9781843172895
ASIN: 1843172895
Publication Date: April 28, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 A pretty picture but what's beneath the surface? May 27, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am a huge fan of Torchwood and John Barrowman (discovered both recently)and was waiting eagerly for this book to learn more about him and his life. But I'm sorry to say this highly anticipated book was a disappointment -- the incidents portrayed are so arbitrary and without depth. I get no sense of his deepest feelings, fears, dreams. Has his whole life been wonderful, or did he and sister just decide to stress the positive and funny things? What was it like when he first came to NY? How did he survive the bad times or were they all good? What about some REAL gossip? What's the real scoop on the Will and Grace audition?
I remember reading Tennessee Williams' autobiography and Christopher Isherwood's Christopher and His Kind and wondering how such great writers could write such juvenile autobiographies, but at least it showed them flaws and all including a lot of sordid sexual encounters.
This is probably written mostly by Carole Barrowman and is too slick and surface like a magazine article. Yes there are a some well-adjusted positive totally happy people in the world (none of them live in NYC I suspect) I'm sure he's a good natured "bloke" but no one's life is that smooth. It makes for superficial reading. The pictures are great!
Bess in the Big Apple
 anythin goes April 28, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
john talks about the love he has for his partner Scott, family, and all of humanity it is funny and sad at times. all in all well worth the read feel rather sorry for some of these reviewers.
Clear your schedule! It's a hard one to put down! April 28, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
A FANTASTICALLY fun read! It would be worth it for the hilarious footnotes and pictures alone, but his stories of a life well lived are what make you want to hear more. I highly recommend the audiobook as well, even though it is abridged. After hearing him tell his own story, it just makes the unabriged book that much more enjoyable!
Yes, Mr. Barrowman has an ego, and rightfully so. Why shouldn't he? He won the gene pool lottery hands down! He's an exceptional entertainer, which by definition requires a larger than life personality and he's boldly breaking all the stereotypes. The whole point of an autobiography is to give the reader the unvarnished truth and this book accomplishes that with great warmth and humor.
Like he says. . . his ending is not yet written. I'm most definitely staying in my seat for the second act!
 Who cares? April 11, 2008
3 out of 36 found this review helpful
This autobiography makes him appear trite, petty and self-obsessed. Too bad since he's an enjoyable performer. Maybe that's all there is. By the end of the book, I thought, "Who cares?"
A tiny review April 5, 2008
3 out of 40 found this review helpful
I was horrified by this egomanical performer and his Champagne-Lifestyles view on life. His anecdotes regarding his demand for brewed coffee and a tale of himself and that other monstrosity-Shirley Bassey are not for the faint-hearted.
This book was not my cup of tea,to put it calmly.
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