Don't Look Back We're Not Going That Way

by Marcia Wallace

Book Overview

A book for those who felt unloved and unattractive, been broken, experienced failure, been fat and thin and fat again, had a fire, had cancer and/or a nervous breakdown, and been widowed. It is also a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097483050X
• ISBN13: 9780974830506
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Off the Wall Publications
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

I laughed, I cried, I ate like a pig!

Marcia Wallace's book is a magnificent telling of a life that has had a multitude of grief thrown it's way and survived. Not only survived, but survived intact and better for the experiences. If you read the book, you will be better for having read it. Touching, hilarious and real. This book neither sugarcoats or side steps anything painful or uncomfortable. Storytelling is an artform and Ms. Wallace is an artist. Her Midwestern roots bring her both strength in the storytelling department and strength in the survival department. Her ability to bring you along on this amazing journey is undoubtably one of her strengths as a person.She makes you FEEL everything. It is pure Marcia. She admits that it is scattered and skips around topic-wise, but that makes it all the more endearing. Grab some snacks, hunker down and read this book. Don't forget the tissues. You'll be wiping away tears from both laughing and crying.

What a long, strange, fantastic trip

I finished reading this book in two brief evenings, and simply adored it. Marcia Wallace's willingness to share such poignant, raw, truthful moments of both sadness and joy is sure to touch many people as it did me. Any book that can jump from stories of loss and tragedy and still make you laugh at the description of a subway ride that leaves the author with a soiled skirt, sprayed with unspeakable grime is a rare treat indeed.Marcia Wallace is one remarkable dame, and if I closed that book left with one thing it is the reminder that we all need to shake off the small stuff and be grateful everyday for the gifts and people in our lives.

Couldn't put it down!

Better than reality television! I couldn't put this book down! What an incredible story of Marcia's life journey. It truly will make you laugh out loud, and cry, all at the same time. I couldn't believe the honesty that went into telling her story. No fluff here... it's the real deal. Her story touched my heart, as I'm sure it will yours, too.

Funnier than "Moby Dick", shorter than "War and Peace"

Marcia Wallace is a legend in television comedy, hilarious in a variety of roles from Carole Bondurant to Edna Krabappel... but this great book shows a previously untapped talent for storytelling. Anyone who's seen or heard her perform is familiar with the perfect timing and wry delivery which she here translates deftly to the page. Marcia Wallace manages to combine wide-eyed earnestness and sardonic wit. This book will inspire you, touch you and make you laugh. Once you pick it up, you'll find it impossible to put down... so don't start reading it at a red light.

TERRIFIC! 5 STARS! LAUGH AND CRY OUT LOUD ENTERTAINMENT

From start to finish Marcia Wallace has your heart in the palm of her hand. I am not an easy audience and I was hooked from the Title to the ending. Her Christmas letters sprinkled through the book are the spine of the book, they chronicle her life. She takes us on a rollicking and hysterical journey through a rough childhood, her battle of the bulge, her breakdown, the meeting and marrying her "one true love", Denny. She is brutally and hysterically honest about everything!!! I wonder if I would be so brave...she lets it all hang out. This includes the pain in her childhood to the devistating loss of her "one true love" Denny to pancreatic cancer, her house burning down and the tales of her wonderful, bright, funny, son, Mikey growing up before her eyes, the perverbial apple does not fall far from the tree. She openly shares her own personal battles with so many actual stories that many of us only fantasize about and some we couldn't even dream up. The book is so rich with life, laughter, heartbreak and joy. Wow, I stayed up until 3:30 AM reading this book to the wonderfully, hopeful, finish. Marcia's story and the way she writes really entertains you, touches you, makes you laugh and cry out loud, often at the same time, and finally her tenacity, hope and sheer guts bring her to this wonderful point in her life, her brilliantly written, thoroughly entertaining autobiography. I say RUN don't walk to buy this book and ....don't look back we're not going that way.