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Rosie

ROSIE O'DONNELL'S BIOGRAPHY

By James Robert Parish

The FIRST biography of the comic turned TV host now in a "league of her own"

One of the 10 Most Fascinating People of 1996 —BARBARA WALTERS One of the 25 Most Intriguing People of 1996 —PEOPLE MAGAZINE Entertainer of the Year (1996) —ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

ROSIE is an inspiring story for everyone who has ever believed they couldn't make their dreams come true. It is the first biography that chronicles the major events — great loss and great success — in Rosie O'Donnell's climb to the top. From the tragic loss of her mother at age ten to a barrage of criticism on the comedy club circuit — "lose weight" or "you're too tough" — Rosie's is a story of well-earned success. And now, as the "Queen of Nice," she has revamped TV talk shows (based on Merv Griffin's model) and virtually flushed the tolerance for trash-TV. Further, Rosie exemplifies the modern woman who controls her own destiny with her high-profile single-mother adoption of a baby boy in 1995. And yes, as Rosie and Ellen DeGeneres put it on Rosie's show, the whole "Lebanese" issue is discussed in Chapter 18. ROSIE documents the life of the driven, one-of-a-kind comic who has won the hearts of so many and is surely the star of the 1990's. JAMES ROBERT PARISH — is a former entertainment reporter and the author of numerous major biographies, including The Liza Minelli Story and Let's Talk: America's Favorite Talkshow Hosts. He lives near Hollywood.

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Title: ROSIE: Rosie O'Donnell's Biography
Author: James Robert Parish
Publisher: Carroll & Graf, New York, NY, 1997
Price: $23.00 cloth
Pages: 288
ISBN: 0-7867-0410-1
April 14, 1997

Copyright © 2001 Patrick Spreng.