WILDFLOWER
By
Drew Barrymore
Genre: Non-Fiction
Autobiography
Publication
Date:
2015
Number
of Pages:
288
Summary
Drew Barrymore takes the autobiography in a
slightly different direction. Wildflower is made up of many short
stories about different events in her life. These short stories stand alone
within the book and are only connected by the fact that they include the
author. There are stories about her children, her friends and her famous family.
The stories reminisce about her childhood, her pets, the crazy things she’s
done in her life like ramming through a fence to get her truck out of a locked
parking lot and her volunteer work overseas. This book shows many different
sides of Drew and how she has grown in different ways over the course of her
life. One may be let down that this book doesn’t include much of the juicier
details of her life such as drug abuse and her relationship with her mother but
you realize Drew has risen above those things. As you read, it is obvious she
has decided to tell more down to earth, sweet stories that are dear to her
heart.
Subject Headings:
Drew Barrymore
Biographies
United
States
Actors
Three terms that describe this book:
Factual information about a real person
This book relates stories that have really happened to an actor that most of us have grown up with. She puts forth elements of her life that have touched her in some way and, through them, the reader gets a better picture of the real Drew Barrymore.
Pace is quick
This is a quick read. Once you are done with one story, you just want more and continue on to the next one, even though it gives you a perfect excuse to break like the stories do.
Writing style is familiar and narrative
Even though Wildflower is a biography, it is written in a narrative style. This collection of stories could be just that if they were fiction. The writing style reflects Barrymore’s speech style and those who like her will definitely appeal to her writing style as well.
Read-A-likes
Little Girl Lost by Drew Barrymore
Troublemaker by Leah Remini
Pretty Happy by Kate Hudson
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
I don't know much about Drew Barrymore, but I like your descriptions of how this blends the essay/short story format with the memoir. This could be a good recommendation for the less enthusiastic reader or for the reader who always feels pressed with time, as it sounds like they can set it down between chapters and then pick it back up later.
ReplyDeleteThis book is on my To Read list. I am glad you highlighted the layout of the book, since I was under the impression it was more of a traditional autobiography format. This was an important aspect to highlight in the annotation, nice job!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really interesting. I love the idea for her autobiography to center around people that are important to her and not herself. Sounds great.
ReplyDeleteI'm often not one for non-fiction or autobiographies, but the way you described this book as being laid out I feel like it could be really appealing to me. I like that it is a collection of non-fiction short stories. I'll have to check out my local library.
ReplyDeleteExcellent annotation and great job laying out the appeals. Full points!
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