I am 15 years old and I have loved Lucy since I was a child. I can still remember sitting with my mother as a child and watching this incredible comic genius in her element on TV. When I heard about this book, I knew I had to have it, and I dragged my mother to the local bookstore and bought it. I couldn't put it down. I felt as if I were having a one-on-one conversation with Lucy herself. After a few minutes of reading, her voice just sort of takes over, and you hear her telling you her story. She didn't give very much detail, for fear of hurting certain people who were still alive, but she gave just enough to paint you a good picture. She said just what was on her mind, but she was never cruel or hurtful. She was completely honest, but she was tactful in her choice of words. I felt her love for Desi and her kids; it just came shining through. She talks about her childhood, her family, kids, her tempestuous but extremely passionate marraige to Desi, her TV show, and in the end her lasting marraige to Gary. This book moved me to tears. I was sobbing. The hardest part of reading this book is putting it down after reading it and realizing that Lucy is no longer here, and, with the exception of reading the book, her lovely voice is truly silent forever. But you can hear that voice come through loud and clear everytime you open her book and relive her best and worst moments, her loves and hates, her happiness and heartaches. Even though she is no longer with us, her voice and story are, and you can relive the life of this facinating woman whenever you please, by just opening her one and only memoirs.