Interesting. Enlightening. Inspiring. I enjoyed getting to know a little bit more about Garry Marshall, his family and his life. He seems like a very positive person (he writes a "W" on each day of his calendar for "Win" ... well, until he got cancer - he needed a little extra positive nudge so he wrote "V" for victory) with a great sense of humor (he liked to play practical jokes at work - and he even occasionally lost his temper, and the consequences of those times were funny, too).

I had no idea he'd been so sick as a child, or about his writing during his service to the U.S. I loved his reaction to the times he didn't do as well as he thought he should have (he might have said "failed" but I find it hard to see anything he wrote or directed as a "failure"). He said that it was OK to fail - that you learn from it, and if you still fail the next time, you just try to fail better.

Each chapter describes a TV show or movie that Garry worked on, and tells all about the stars involved, his family life during that period of time in his life, the challenges and victories both on the set and personally. He includes lessons he learned from other people in show business, and tells stories about those people who inspired him.

I found the book to be enjoyable from beginning to end.

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