BOTH OF ME

by Mary Stuart ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 15, 1980

Search for Tomorrow fans will probably eat up every word of this autobiography by its 28-year heroine--which includes recaps of most major plot twists through the years--but those who have never seen the show will wonder what the fuss is about. Mary Stuart manages to make the early years of television sound like unrelieved amateurism--backdrops that let light through, inconsistencies of plot, actors inexperienced in live performance, etc. She also describes her two marriages perfunctorily, preferring to concentrate on her son and daughter and their every activity; she was Superwoman/Supermom two decades before the world at large caught on to the hazards of perfectionism on both home and work fronts. After her break with the children's father, her husband of 15 years, Stuart tried mightily to ignite new romances, but none ever caught fire. And almost the only glimmerings of glamor appear during her Hollywood years in the Forties, when she was the girlfriend of writer Harry Kurnitz (The Thin Man) and spent a lot of time singing ""funny harmony"" with Groucho and Frank Loesser at Ira Gershwin's parties. But on the whole Stuart seems a drab prop in a drab existence, and most readers will find the serial never ending.

Pub Date: Aug. 15, 1980

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1980

Categories: NONFICTION