Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television’s The Brady Bunch, had it all—style, looks, boys, brains, and talent. No wonder her younger sister Jan was jealous! For countless adolescents across America who came of age in the early 1970s, Marcia was the ideal American teenager. Girls wanted to be her. Boys wanted to date her. But what viewers didn’t know about the … But what viewers didn’t know about the always-sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick, the young actress who portrayed her, was living a very different—and not-so-wonderful—life. Now, for the very first time, Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen generations have invited into their living rooms—and the woman she became.
In Here’s the Story, Maureen takes us behind the scenes of America’s favorite television family, the Bradys. With poignancy and candor, she reveals the lifelong friendships, the hurtful jealousies, the offscreen romance, the loving support her television family provided during a life-or-death moment, and the inconsolable loss of a man who had been a second father. But The Brady Bunch was only the beginning. Haunted by the perfection of her television alter ego, Maureen landed on the dark side, caught up in a fast-paced, drug-fueled, star-studded Hollywood existence that ultimately led to the biggest battle of her life.
Moving from drug dens on Wonderland Avenue to wild parties at the Playboy mansion and exotic escapades on the beaches of Hawaii, this candid, hard-hitting memoir exposes a side of a beloved pop-culture icon the paparazzi missed. Yet it is also a story of remarkable success. After kicking her drug habit, Maureen battled depression, reconnected with her mother, whom she nursed through the end of her life, and then found herself in a pitched battle for her family in which she ultimately triumphed.
There is no question: Maureen McCormick is a survivor. After fifty years, she has finally learned what it means to love the person you are, insight that has brought her peace in a happy marriage and as a mother. Here’s the Story is the empowering, engaging, shocking, and emotional tale of Maureen McCormick’s courageous struggle over adversity and her lifelong battle to come to terms with the idea of perfection—and herself.
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There certainly was life after (and, wow, during…) The Brady Bunch! Burst my bubble a bit, but then again we tend to think these actors are identical to their TV or stage personas, and they’re not.
Fair accounting of her days in the limelight
Wow….Maureen has been through it.
Unbelievable to realize the struggles of those we think have it all
What a sad life, but I don’t think she even realizes it.
I learned a lot about her life after the Brady Bunch.
I like celebrity tell all books from celebs from my childhood. This one is pretty good by Maureen from the Brady Bunch. There’s a lot of interesting stories from behind the scenes working on set of Brady Bunch as well as her own personal stories after the show ended. A fast read for a summer day.
I never knew about Maureen’s personal life. Child actors have so many struggles.
It’s interesting to read about someone who is part of our tv family viewing. “Marsha” always seemed like life was perky and perfect, but it wasn’t always that way for Maureen, the actress who portrayed Marsha. This is a story of a tortured life with thankfully redemption in the end. It was interesting, and could be uplifting for people who get …
I didn’t finish it. Too much Marcia, Marcia…
I loved the Brady bunch as a kid. I thought it was the perfect life. I had no idea she was so unhappy. I never thought about what their lives were like when the cameras weren’t rolling. Full of info
I appreciate Ms. McCormick’s honesty. The book gets just three stars because it’s essentially pablum. There’s no reason to be more interested in her life than anyone else’s. She just happens to have been a child actor in an iconic television sitcom. But it’s a very human story and I’m glad I set aside my snobbish standards and read her memoir just …
A tragic story turned inspirational. I had no idea Maureen was living with bi polar disorder among other things. A woman of strength & fortitude.
I loved this book. My name is Marcia and I am close in age to Maureen, so growing up and still to this day I hear “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.” It always amazes me how iconic Jan’s words have become. It was shocking to read about her life, to think that the beautiful, perfect girl that I so envied was living a life filled with such struggles. …
Very interesting story of survival. Too bad she didn’t seek help earlier.
The no holds barred writing was fantastic. She told she good, the bad, and the ugly. Maureen did not sugar coat anything to try to make herself look good. That is refreshing.