I requested As Seen on TV from the inter-library loan system when we were attempting to listen to Ann Patchett’s book, Truth & Beauty, about her friendship with Lucy Grealy. TW was not impressed with Truth & Beauty or with Lucy Grealy but I was interested. We never got past the first CD of Truth & Beauty but As Seen on TV was easy to read.
TW laughed her way through the first chapter or two and said Lucy Grealy should have been a blogger. She’s write. The first story was true blog, the others not so much. Her political rants, thankfully not many, were a little boring and I found myself just wanting to get on with it. The rest of the book, well worth reading.
I do find myself wondering if I really want to read her auto-biography or not. It’s on the shelf right now, maybe I should just leave it unread and be happy with the short stories. I’m afraid, after I read her biography, I won’t like Lucy nearly as much as I do right now.