Customer Reviews (10)

Estelle Getty
I gave this book to a friend for Christmas who is a "Golden Girls" fenatic. He is enjoying the book.

Highly Recommend this Book
This book is very short; you can read it in one sitting.Estelle is very funny, engaging, warm and lighthearted.I recommend this book to anyone whether they have ever watched the Golden Girls or not.

love Estelle
One of the funniest ladies ever. This book is full of thruths and is a snapshot of the 80's. If you have a chnce read it.

Oh Estelle we miss you
This book is a funny look at the person we loved in Golden Girls.Glad to have to add to my collection.

Wonderful!!
I just bought and read this book.If you are an avid fan of the Golden Girls and Estelle you NEED to buy this book.This woman worked hard to get where she finally was recognized.The book is HILARIOUS!!You feel like she's talking to you personally. ... Read more

Product Description
Chapters: Rosa Parks, Jesse Helms, Moondyne Joe, Ernie Lopez, Billie Burke, Francis Xavier Pierz, Estelle Getty, Ernest W. Lefever, Anthony Cave Brown, Bobby Kirk, Wardell Pomeroy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 116. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921 July 4, 2008) was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001. Helms was a leader of the modern American conservative movement, and he helped start the conservative resurgence, rescuing Ronald Reagan's political career before his presidency, but was known for confronting anyone that strayed from his own conservative convictions. A journalist by trade, Helms was the longest-serving popularly-elected Senator in North Carolina's history, and was widely credited with shifting the one-party state dominated by the Democrats into a competitive two-party state. The Helms-controlled National Congressional Club's state-of-the-art direct mail operation raised millions for Helms and other conservative candidates allowing Helms to outspend his opponents in most of his campaigns. He was praised for his ability to connect complicated ideas on a level that spoke to ordinary people. He was perhaps the last unreconstructed Southern conservative that started his political career in the Democratic Party when the southern bloc of that party championed racial segregation, transitioning in the early 1970s to being a Republican. Helms was the most stridently conservative politician of the post 1960 era., especially in opposition to federal intervention into what he considered state affairs(integration, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act). Helms also reminded voters that he tried, with a 16-day filibu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=133250 ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Estelle is as funny in print as on screen!
Ok I must say I was not expecting all that much from this book, however I was pleasently suprised. This book mixes life tips, stories about the "Golden Girls" experience, and a little biographical information. It is extremely funny, and always seems to cheer up anyone I lend the book too, if they are in a bad mood. I would reccomend this book to ANYONE!

great read!
Its not the best piece of writing I've ever read and its obvious the author is just your average actress with a book deal but...it *is* Estelle Getty! If you THOUGHT you loved her before you'll love her even more after reading this cute little quasi-memoir! Its just just a quick, quirky book by a loveable little lady! ... Read more

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Great tool
Great tool for healing your life--if you are ready to change your beliefs!
You Can Heal Your Life

Louise Hay - not the solution
My original review, which was written in 2009 - was mysteriously deleted along with many other negative reviews.I think the fact that Louise would have her thought police remove critical reviews is telling in itself. She claims she healed herself of cancer, but has never offered any proof of her claims.She maintains that her doctor's records are no longer in existence - yet at the time her book was first published, there would certainly have been records on file, if in fact she was ever diagnosed as having had cancer.It is certainly conceivable that she could have healed from cancer - people do it all the time - but she has never shown any documentation which verifies her claims.
Her basic premise - which is that all you have to do is think positive thoughts and the world is your oyster - is flawed.It is our unconscious thoughts which run the show - and most people, by definition, are not aware of their unconscious thoughts.
Some of her assertions are not only erroneous, but actually harmful - such as feeling guilt is toxic.If you do something wrong you are supposed to feel guilty!The only people who feel no guilt are sociopaths.Another one of her maxims - stare in the mirror and tell yourself how much you love yourself.All your problems are caused by low self esteem.Most legitimate therapists know this is a bogus assertion.One of the defining characteristics of criminals is narcissism - they have plenty of self esteem, and in fact think they're just fine!Genuine self worth is a by product of doing good in the world, not just staring in a mirror and talking to yourself.
There are many people looking for answers to their maladies - and Louise Hay's quick fix is not the answer.
Louise is a high school drop out, with no education or legitimate credentials who happened to luck out when she capitalized on the AIDS crisis.

A classic reference on body vs. mind
Louise Hay is the "go-to" expert when it comes to the mind-body connection. This book is a classic reference for exploring how our bodies relate to our thinking. A permanent fixture in my library.

Nice material quality from Amazon.com
It is a great book, and we should keep it to read it as many times as needed.

mixed reviews
i like parts of it and i don't like parts of it. louise hay is into energy and how energy works in the universe and for the most part i can deal with that. what i can't deal with is how she blames people for their illnesses and says if they change their thoughts they will be cured. she even states the reason for cancer and for lupus is on the patient's thinking. i hope she never gets cancer! maybe she's right but i seriously doubt that. while i do believe in a mind body connection righting your thoughts cannot cure the world of it's ails. ... Read more