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Surviving Marcia Brady And Finding My True Voice
William Morrow
October 2008
On Sale: October 1, 2008
288 pages ISBN: 0061490148 EAN: 9780061490149 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
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.
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