Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years Paperback – October 13, 2020

The book reviews mostly all the movies and shows she did and sprinkled in between there are her family stories. It was a good mix of business and personal stories.

I really loved Dame Julie's second installment of her autobiography. She begins with a quick recapping her early life story that she wrote about in "Home". After reading the book, I understand now why the title "Home Work" was chosen. Julie is one of the rare people who works as hard at her profession as she does at her homelife. Too many stars write a memoir that is basically a "And then I did ____ movie". Not our Dame! Home Work goes into depth about what makes Julie unique. How can such a talented person get severe stage fright in front of a live audience? She covers events from her first film, Mary Poppins, through her Oscar nominated role in Victor/Victoria. She gave details about each of her films but she also gets into how she felt after the first big wave of fame hit her. If you have read her first book, you'll understand why she needed help coping with the onslaught. Her daughter and co-writer, Emma Walton Hamilton, stated that she admires her mom's resilience. I do too. She had to shift gears, learning film technique after a huge success on Broadway. Not content with being one of the best singers ever, she made sure her body of work also included dramas. Then, she leapt into a second career as an author of children's books. Her goals were to be as versitile as possible in all areas of performing. But just as much as she worked on her performance skills, she worked just as hard to be sure her family was taken care of. Julie seems to be the glue that holds many others in her family together. She was all at once, among other things, a hands-on mother of 5 of kids who ranged in age from infants to teens, caretaker for her youngest brother while he tried to control a drug habit, and the calming presence that helped her volitile husband continue to create films. Trying to juggle everything going on around her was a Herculean feat, but she does it with grace, wisdom and humor. She admits her insecurities and analyzes how she could have handled events better. Possibly the most dramatic sections of the book tell of almost burning to death during the filming of "Hawaii", adopting two Vietnamese baby girls who arrived from the Project: Baby Lift as the Americans left Saigon, and the heartbreaking sights she saw when she visited Cambodia. She didn't just go to look, she financed buying fuel for the planes taking relief supplies, giving her time for benefit performances, and bringing children with severe handicaps to the US for medical care. All of this while she tried to take care of a mother that wasn't very willing to be helped and a husband who was struggling with depression and pain by taking prescription narcotics.All through the book, Julie conveys over and over to the reader how she is a remarkably talented, intelligent and compassionate person. I really hope she sits down and begins her third book in the trilogy because I didn't want this book to end!

It was great to hear about Julie Andrews dedication to family and fame, constant travel, and hard work. Learning that they adopted two Vietnamese children and love for her family was wonderful. Mary Poppins and the sound of music are two of my all time favorite movies! Thank you Julie and Emma for sharing your story!

I have been waiting all summer for "Home Work," the second volume of Academy Award Winning Actress Julie Andrews memoirs, to be released. I have been a huge admirer of Julie's since "My Fair Lady" in 1956. I only got to hear her beautiful voice on the original cast album but a year later my parents let this 4 year old stay up to see Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella," a original musical made for TV which was shown on CBS. I was entranced by her performance as I have been in the years since when I have watched most of her movies, TV specials, and occasional concert performances and her last two appearances in musicals on the Great White Way known as Broadway and off-Broadway. I also loved the first volume of her memoirs released 11 years ago called "Home." I am only in the second chapter of her gorgeously photographed latest autobiography. It surpasses her first book and since I have read that it ends in the 1980s, may Julie and her gifted daughter Emma please start writing the third volume of Julie's life story soon because we devoted fans want to read the up-to-date story of Julie;s amazing life. If you are looking for an ideal Christmas gift to give anyone who is interested in how the movies from Julie Andrews' Hollywood career were made, this is the book to buy!

As many do, I love Julie Andrews. I have since I was a kid in the 1960's so I was excited to read her book. It did not disappoint. It was easy to read and follow, and the stories of her life and experiences were so interesting and fun. My only disappointment was that there was nothing about her work in The Princess Diaries (I loved her in those movies) but I think that's because the book was written before she made those movies. Oh well. I would still recommend it.

I admire Julie Andrew’s honesty in this book. It amazes me how much she shuttled between LA, NY, London, and Gstaad with children. The children had no stability and were often with nannies, away at school, or with their other parents. It’s admirable that she and Blake adopted two children, but then they were basically raised by a parade of nannies. Constant separations also impacted her marriages. I guess this is the reality when you have this type of career. Julie is immensely and seemingly effortlessly talented. I’m sure she had many more interesting stories than were included in this book and I wish she had shared them. She worked with so many talented people. I love behind the scenes stories and there were too few. It was mostly details about flying here or there which got old. This book doesn’t dig too deep and there were too many mundane details. She says she was in therapy for years but doesn’t share many insights. I appreciated the recap at the beginning and all the photos. I still enjoyed the book, but it could've been better.

My husband devoured this book and he only reads books once. He donated it to a neighborhood library for others to enjoy.

While the first part of her memoirs, Home, was definitely my favorite so far, I absolutely loved Home Work. I really treasure the fact that Julie Andrews, someone who is, in my opinion, very private about her life (her personal affairs, that is), was willing to share so much of it, without fear of mentioning her issues through the years she covered so far, with her fans. She's wonderful, I love her and I recommend this to any fan of hers.

Loved the authenticity. Julie is a beacon of light in this bleak world.It’s a great read, light and soothing.

Got this for my elderly mum it's a superb book ,brand new.

Me encanto el libro, la presentación es hermosa y la historia es increíble.

The set of eleven CDs comes inside a plastic box with the proper dimensions. Not to large or small, all CDs are stored in very good conditions. Julie Andrews is a joy to listen whether to sing or even to tell her story after arriving in Hollywood to make 'Mary Poppins' and immediately become the most recognized movie actress in show business.