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Overview
At one time, Joan Rivers was seen by the public as the logical successor to Johnny Carson as the host of the popular Tonight Show. When she learned that Carson had no intention of turning the show over to her, she started her own show on a rival network. Not long after that show failed, her husband, Edgar, committed suicide. In this Star Families title, you'll see how Joan and her daughter, Melissa found each other again and recovered from this tragedy. It tells how Joan has managed to bounce back from failure all her life and has shown her daughter how to do the same.Narrates the struggles, successes, and failures of the comedienne and actress who has shown her daughter how to bounce back from unfinished dreams.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 4-7Disappointing offerings. The concept of focusing on ``Star Families'' has merit, but these four books simply describe the successes of each parent and child in bland, pedestrian prose. Press has culled information from magazine articles, biographies, autobiographies, and newspaper interviews to support his texts. In each book, the subjects' backgrounds are given, along with highlights of professional and personal relationships. Charlie Sheen discusses the ``Sheen Machine'' and the importance of family to him and his actor sons. The scope of Griffey is similar to Bill Gutman's Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. (Millbrook, 1993). The focal point of Melissa & Joan Rivers is the suicide of Edgar Rosenberg, father and husband respectively. The emphasis in Tori & Aaron Spelling seems to be on Aaron's enormous wealth and on proving that Tori's successes result from her talent and not her parentage. Black-and-white and full-color photographs appear throughout. These series entries would not add to the quality of any collection.Renee Steinberg, Fieldstone Middle School, Montvale, NJBook Details
Published
September 1, 1995
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pages
48
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780382391781