Mary McDonough
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.6 | 679 Users | 107 Reviews
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| Title | : | Lessons From the Mountain |
| Author | : | Mary McDonough |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2011 by Kensington (first published March 18th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir |
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For nine seasons, Mary McDonough was part of one of the most beloved families in television history. Just ten years-old when she was cast as the pretty, wholesome middle child Erin, Mary grew up on the set of The Waltons, alternately embracing and rebelling against her good-girl onscreen persona. Now, as the first cast member to write about her experiences on the classic series, she candidly recounts the joys and challenges of growing up Walton--from her overnight transformation from a normal kid in a working class, Irish Catholic family, to a Hollywood child star, to the personal challenges that led her to take on a new role as an activist for women's body image issues.Touching, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and always illuminating, Lessons from the Mountain is the story of everything Mary McDonough learned on her journey over--and beyond--that famous mountain.
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| ISBN: | 075826366X (ISBN13: 9780758263667) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.6 From 679 Users | 107 ReviewsCrit Of Books Lessons From the Mountain
I picked up this book, hoping to find some guilty pleasure reading about my favorite Walton girl, Erin. Unfortunately, I found the book fell well short of my expectations. McDonough gives snippets of information about her fellow castmates from The Waltons, often writing no more than a paragraph or two about her memories of each. Throughout the book, she describes her various insecurities which led to a lifetime of self-doubt. This includes several periods in her life when she contemplatedAfter my Mom died when I was 13 many things changed in my life, one of the most influential being that the remote was passed from my dying mother to my father. We never were the family that had multiple tvs in the household so whatever was on was what you watched or you found something else to do. In the early 90's my Dad found reruns of The Waltons on tv and every weeknight for two hours (via two different channels) I watched The Waltons. In the beginning, I'd groan and make a fuss over it. It
I guess being a Walton doesn't make life perfect. This is a sweet, interesting look into the life of Mary McDonough, the girl/lady who played Erin Walton on 'The Waltons.' I've been watching this show since I was a little girl, so naturally when my mom read the book I had to read it, too. I was expecting maybe a little bit more information on the actual filming experience of being on the television show, but that's just me. Mary spends a huge portion of the book talking about how damaging her
I was fortunate to have an opportunity to get my own personal copy of the book signed by the author last December. If you'll remember, I attended the 40th anniversary screening of the Christmas TV movie "The Homecoming" last year and I served as the moderator at that event for The Waltons cast reunion.Waltons fans will be delighted to discover that McDonough's book is chock full of details about her experiences during the ten year run of the hit TV series. Approximately 150 of the 250 pages in
Mary played Erin Walton on the TV show about "The Waltons." If you enjoyed the show, you'll enjoy this. Not unexpectedly, in view of the challenges most child actors face as the become adults, she has had to face numerous difficulties, including serious complications from breast implants which have apparently affected not only her own life but that of her daughter Sydnee.Her fight to make manufacturers of implants accountable for their products is moving and inspiring.
I met Mary McDonough at the Southern Kentucky Bookfest where she was promoting her book. I was a huge Waltons fan and was so excited to actually get to talk to her and say "goodnight, Erin." when I left--like she hasn't heard that a million times. She was so lovely and sweet and her book is just like that. It's amazing to have seen her on the show, know about her success and learn how "insecure" she felt about so many things. I loved the first part of the book where she talked about her life on
I was (and still am) a huge Waltons fan. I don't live too far from Schuyler, Virginia, where Earl Hamner grew up. I was excited to read this book.I was a bit disappointed. The majority of the book had nothing to do with "Walton's Mountain"; I guess I found the title of the book somewhat deceptive. I thoroughly enjoyed her commentary about the show and growing up as a child actor. Still, after 9 seasons, I felt she could have devoted more of the book to the actual show and her fellow actors and
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