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That's Another Story (CD): The Autobiography | 
 enlarge | Author: Julie Walters
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £14.67
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 2639
Format: Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0752897772
EAN: 9780752897776
ASIN: 0752897772
Publication Date: November 20, 2008
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 Totally absorbing, wonderful October 16, 2008
Bookish (England)
88 out of 88 found this review helpful
I was enthralled from the very first page.
Julie Walters is not only a brilliant actress, she is also an incredibly vibrant, interesting and honest writer. This autobiography is not just about Julie Walters, the actress, but is also a fantastic observation of growing up in the fifties and sixties.
The characters in Julie's life - her mother, her grandmother, her neighbours, friends - are vividly drawn, and even the most difficult people are portrayed through the eyes of genuine love and understanding. She portrays the richness, joy and sadness of her family life with an honesty that left me breathless. She is also open and honest about herself and her experiences, which makes this wonderful book even more of an honour to read.
She has such a great way of describing things and engaging the reader that I frequently laughed out loud and burst into tears - sometimes simultaneously!
If I sound a bit over the top about this book - I'm not. I've read a lot of autobiographies and this is the best I have ever read, bar none.
Having read this book I now understand what makes Julie Walters such an outstanding actress. She observes without judgement and seeks to understand always the 'whys' of what people do and say. Reading this book taught me something about myself - no mean feat in an autobiography!
I loved her joy and enthusiasm for all the experiences that being an actress brings, and she paints it all so vividly within the pages of this book. She seems utterly unpretentious and I would love to meet her!
In fact, having read this book, I feel I already have......
A slow beginning leads to a captivating, engaging finish October 28, 2008
J. Ruthven-Fox (Isle of Lewis, Scotland)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I do enjoy a good autobiography, and I much prefer autobiography to biography. Julie is undoubtedly a legendary British actress who deserves all the praise and accolades that have been heaped upon her during her career. I'd been hoping for an autobiography and was delighted to learn it was published.
Initially I found it rather a heavy read, perhaps rather slow to get started. I felt that Julie was finding her feet in a new (for her) medium of expression. Any such shackles were soon discarded and the book became very readable, indeed there were times when I found it very hard to put down, but I wanted to make the book last rather than finish it in a couple of days!
Having now finished it I feel as though I'm a close personal friend, but surely that's the sign of a well-executed autobiography in that it fully engages the reader by its conclusion?
Warm and funny! October 10, 2008
mr dotcom (UK)
41 out of 47 found this review helpful
From the off this is hilarious, moving and funny. I can think of at least a dozen people I'll be giving this to at Christmas - just brilliant!
Excellent! October 22, 2008
NB (Cambridge UK)
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is an excellent read, both entertaining and amusing. Julie is a great actress and her personality leaps off the pages. I found myself laughing out loud at her funny stories!
Not just a story but a rare insight January 1, 2009
Joanne D'Arcy (Portsmouth, UK)
If you liked Julie Walters in any of her work, Mrs O on stage or screen, Billy Elliot, Mrs Weasley in the well known Harry Potter films, Rita (the first and best), Petula Gordino or any number of fantastic characters then this is the book for you.
This is the story behind the characters. I knew very little about said author, the bare minimum of being with Grant (though how they got together left me laughing quite loudly), her daughter Maisie and how she met up with Victoria Wood. How I knew so little and oh how I cried with laughter (even in public) at this tale, which no doubt comes from the bottom of Walters's heart.
Walters's starts this story from her birth; in fact we are taken to just before her birth, with the recount of it by her mother (told by Julie who as she says felt she was there). Her mother obviously told this tale on more than one occasion that you feel you know exactly what was going to come. I have a mother like that.
Through her school life, not quite so happy but educating in more ways than one. Her education beginning with Nuns moving to the local grammar school with a borderline pass in the 11 plus, where her education moved up a gear as did puberty.
Her short adventure into nursing has stayed with her and the stories are whilst fraught with the real life and death situations have a touch of humour in them, it is Walters's wit and style that brings it so much to life.
The move into acting is a major turning point and is what has shaped and continues to shape the actress today. Living in some rather ropey bedsits in seedy neighbourhoods is just the backdrop as we see how Walters's went from being the 'class clown' to award winning actress, (though Oscar eludes her). A major part of the book is given over to "Rita" as this is the catalyst turning point for the actress. Other roles such as Buster or Harry Potter are referenced without details or depth about it. Not a criticism merely an observation. Care is taken with other fellow actors and comedians she has met over the years and they are all treated as friends still when recalled.
The book stops with the birth of Maisie but obviously the story does not stop. Walter's has always maintained to be fiercely protective over her daughter and husband and this is evident in the book and probably why it ends when it does. However I do not feel cheated as if she has missed anything out, I feel honoured to have read so much. Perhaps there is always room for another book.
Heart warming, uplifting, revealing and hilariously funny, Julie Walters's autobiography is a must for any fan of her work. It shows that no matter how old you are you never stop learning from life experiences.
A national treasure and a treasure of a book.
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