Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

I admit to not yet having finished this book because though, while interesting, it's almost entirely snark, which I can only take so much of in one sitting. It does, however, give me a different impression of a number of very famous people, most of whom are now dead. So it's an interesting view into another, lost, world. I have, however, caught myself wondering how the author remembered everything she says in this book; I have to assume she has a fantastically detailed diary to back it up because the level of detail would otherwise be astonishing.

Fantastically dishy memoirs, perfectly performed by Christine Baranski with notes by Jesse Green.

This book certainly lived up to the title of “alarmingly outspoken” but in many instances TMI about too many dysfunctional relationships. (Although I wonder if it would have felt less bitchy for me had many of those stories been original, old diary entries instead of newly retold stories for publication?)

As for a general reading experience, I found the footnotes, while providing some interesting information, disruptive to my reading.