MY NAME IS BARBRA was released in November 2023. Since it spans close to 1000 pages, it could take readers a vast amount of time to complete. It did for me, but it was a delightful, informative journey throughout the incomparable life of Barbra Streisand.
The book felt as if Barbra was sitting across the table from you enjoying a snack together and just talking one on one. Barbra was honest, detailed, and oh, so gossipy with more name-dropping than I have heard in my entire life. And why not? She is BARBRA STREISAND! She has done it all and met most people we all only secretly dream about.
MY NAME IS BARBRA begins when she was a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and describes her thoughts, her interests, her flaws, her strengths, her dreams, and every other imaginable notion she has had over her eight decades of living. She is an unequivocal believer in kindness, tolerance, learning, and stretching herself to be the best she was born to be. She is a stickler for details and getting “it” right, and she won’t stop or let go until she does, or fate intervenes. Her style is definitely a constant stream of memories. She does not forget or leave out a thing. I learned more about Barbra and her process than I ever thought possible, and I learned tons of facts, tidbits, asides, and stories about all the people who graced her life.
MY NAME IS BARBRA was everything I thought it would be and more. She set the record straight. Barbra believes in love and is so grateful to be loved by her loyal fans, her family, friends, stepchildren, grandchildren, her son Jason, and her husband Jim. She believes she is the luckiest woman in the world. No, actually…we are, Barbra.
MY NAME IS BARBRA is worthy of your time and attention. It is available wherever books are sold.
