{"id":49,"date":"2022-11-23T18:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettyinprint.blog\/?post_type=rcno_review&p=49"},"modified":"2022-11-23T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:30:26","slug":"heres-the-story-surviving-marcia-and-brady-and-finding-my-true-voice","status":"publish","type":"rcno_review","link":"https:\/\/www.prettyinprint.blog\/?rcno_review=heres-the-story-surviving-marcia-and-brady-and-finding-my-true-voice","title":{"rendered":"Here’s the story: Surviving Marcia and Brady and finding my true voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marcia!\u00a0 Marcia!\u00a0 Marcia!\u00a0 This iconic phrase is forever etched in our minds as well as in television history.\u00a0 \u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d ran its course decades before my time, but I was fortunate enough to see every episode via Nick at Night reruns.\u00a0 Like the rest of America, except 30 years later, I was drawn into the fun show about a blended family who solved all of life\u2019s problems in half an hour with a quirky housekeeper who delivered hilarious one liners on cue.\u00a0 However, as is the case in Hollywood, the drama on screen was no match to the drama unfolding behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Maureen McCormick\u2019s memoir starts with a detailed description of her upbringing as well as her introduction into the ruthless world of acting.\u00a0 She then describes what led to her fortune as she lands the role of Marcia Brady.\u00a0 Her life would never be the same.\u00a0 As she gives her perspective of what the show was about, what was really going on between the characters off screen, and her struggles with adapting to life and growing up as one of the most recognizable faces in America, she describes a downward mental, emotional, and physical spiral that is all too common among child actors.\u00a0 She is transparent, open, and honest about her struggles with excessive drug use, serious depression, personal family turmoil, and dangerous eating disorders throughout her teenage and young adult years.\u00a0 The story of the Brady\u2019s ended just as her story was beginning.\u00a0 She took a lot of different paths, and she made countless wrong turns, but she finally found her happily ever after with her husband and daughter.\u00a0 By opening herself up to her readers, she makes herself incredibly vulnerable to and authentic with her audience.<\/p>\n