givebooksgirl reviewed on 9/9/2010

Helpful Score: 3

Reading Maureen McCormick's, "Here's The Story," shocked me and truly blew my mind. I immediately felt compassion for the emotional horrors she faced as a young girl and young adult. Nothing about McCormick's real life matched Marcia's and I admired her brutal and often painful honesty about the events, decisions, consequences and choices she lived through (and continues to heal from).
I grew up watching the iconic Marcia Brady in the 1970s and I'm sure she helped shape and influence my moral development. As silly as this sounds, I believe watching how Marcia Brady handled situations such as cheating, stealing, sibling rivalry, dating, disappointments, fashion, gossip, slumber parties, lying (and any other "growing-up" topic)gave me a moral foundation on which I based my own teenage decision-making moments. I have to admit, I'm glad I didn't learn about McCormick's personal tragedies until later in life. At this stage, I can "handle" it and differentiate real people from characters on televison-- I won't be passing on what I learned in McCormick's book to my daughter since she is a second-generation child who is currently captivated by Marcia Brady thanks to the DVD series set.

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