
Sunshine Girl
An Unexpected Life
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Julianna Margulies
About this listen
Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir.
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Good Housekeeping
“At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply personal look at a young woman making sense of the world against a chaotic and peripatetic childhood.” (Katie Couric)
As an apple-cheeked bubbly child, Julianna was bestowed with the family nickname “Sunshine Girl”. Shuttled back and forth between her divorced parents, often on different continents, she quickly learned how to be of value to her eccentric mother and her absent father. Raised in fairly unconventional ways in various homes in Paris, England, New York, and New Hampshire, Julianna found that her role among the surrounding turmoil and uncertainty was to comfort those around her, seeking organization among the disorder, making her way in the world as a young adult and eventually an award-winning actress.
Throughout, there were complicated relationships, difficult choices, and overwhelming rejections. But there were also the moments where fate, faith, and talent aligned, leading to the unforgettable roles of a lifetime, both professionally and personally - moments when chaos had finally turned to calm.
Filled with intimate stories and revelatory moments, Sunshine Girl is at once unflinchingly honest and perceptive. It is a riveting self-portrait of a woman whose resilience in the face of turmoil will leave listeners intrigued and inspired.
©2021 Julianna Margulies (P)2021 Random House AudioCritic Reviews
“Over the course of her illustrious career on screen, Julianna Margulies has played any number of unforgettable characters but as this memoir proves, she might be most fascinating as herself.... Not every celebrity autobiography has a truly compelling story to tell, but this one does and tells it with style, humor, and flair.” (Town & Country)
“[A] thought-provoking and revelatory memoir.... Though Margulies’s anecdotes may be outside readers’ own realms of experience, she relates them with such intimacy and candor that readers might recognize in her a kindred spirit.... A deeply reflective narrative that will appeal to both Margulies’s fans and anyone who enjoys a warm and well-crafted memoir.” (Library Journal)
“Margulies...shares her path to stardom in this frank memoir.... Readers looking for salacious Hollywood tales won’t find them here; instead Margulies’s fans and all readers interested in TV careers will enjoy learning her origin story.” (Booklist)
Julianna is someone I look up to, I have followed her career from her ER days all the way through until now.
What an amazing story and very well written. Thank you for sharing your struggles and triumphant moments in your life, and to come out at the end, being grateful for everything you have experienced. What a wonderful woman.
Loved Julianna’s story of her life growing up
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(Although i did google who her toxic long term boyfriend was and realised it was likely Ron Eldard whom i had the biggest crush on back then! ) i tried to imagine what i was doing when the first season of ER came out. I cant believe it was filmed in LA not Chicago! The magic of hollywood aye
Don’t have to be a megafan - its a really interesting life to listen to
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Unexpected gem
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As strong as the characters she plays
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Loved every moment
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Raw, real and beautiful
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A lot of the content is really interesting, well-delivered and heart-rending. Some, however, is completely superfluous to the story, as if she wants to get the word count up.
There’s also an awful lot of name-checking (of non-celebs); clearly she wants them all to know how wonderful they are - but it is often just a list of people she loves (or doesn’t love, such as Eldard and Steven Seagal) and has no bearing on the actual story,
Love listening to her; she’s very engaging and has interesting opinions and a positive outlook. I just didn’t find some parts of the story as believable as others seem to have.
Some parts not very believable…
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