So during one of Audible’s last big sales I stocked up. Like, bought 7 books stocked up. I couldn’t help myself, my commute is about to triple next week so I’ve needed to increase my collection. It meant trying out a bunch of books that caught my fancy, and this was the first on the list. Alan Cumming will always be Mr. Elton to me thanks to Gwenyth’s Emma adaptation (I enjoy Jeremy Northam as my Mr. Knightley so this is my preferred version to […]
Heartbreakingly Good
4.5 stars. This miiiiiiiight be the first celebrity memoir I’ve ever truly enjoyed enough to actually think about purchasing. (I’m not counting Ansari’s look into modern dating as a real memoir). I’ve always loved Alan Cumming’s work and he seems like a lovely person, but I’m experienced enough to know that likeability doesn’t always mean a memoir will be good. I’m happy to say that not only was Not My Father’s Son a strong piece of literature worth reading on its own merit, but I […]
A Family Affair
This is not your typical celebrity memoir. “All I know is that I am the product of all the experiences I have had, good and bad, and if I am in a happy place in my life (as I truly am), then I can have no regrets about any of the combination of events and circumstances that have led me to the here and now.” Not my Father’s Son is the story of Alan Cumming’s time filming Who Do You Think You Are? in the […]
“It’s actually quite a good ethos for life: go into the unknown with truth, commitment, and openness and mostly you’ll be okay.”
I love Alan Cumming. I don’t know exactly when or where he entered my life but I have always had affection for the Scotsman. When I discovered that he had written a memoir and that it was well received I decided to add it to my list of summer reads memoirs. Summer is officially underway (I just finished working my first week of summer camp) and I have listened to Mr. Cumming tell us a series of stories about his life. Cumming does not aim […]