Little Girl Lost

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Drew Barrymore captured the hearts of the world, as the adorable wide eyed seven year old Gertie, in ET, in 1982. It gave a lot of insight of what she went through as a child star her issues with drugs and how she came through the ordeal. I read a lot of memoirs but agree, the best ones are from people who have something to say because they’re passionate about something, as opposed to people who feel they ‘should’ publish opinions/ their stories. Drew finally had to recognize her life style was no longer a choice she could keep but was approaching a critical life or death decision. He was recognized for his newsbreaking exclusives with Michael Jackson, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Michael J.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I mean, we all know she gets clean because she is like rockin' right now, but between like her bottom out days and like Never Been Kissed and Ever After, which were like her "come back" movies, what happened in between?T. the Extra-Terrestrial and quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles. The additional information is welcome, belaboring it is not, and Drew's words definitely do not need explaining.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read this as a teen and I should have taken it as a cautionary tale and learned and not repeated her mistakes. I'm giving this five stars because to be put through the memoir process when you are 13 and 14 and currently in rehab, IS A CRIME, and so Drew deserves the stars.

Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film producer, director, photographer, entrepreneur, and author. Drew goes into the details of her hard and emotionally lacking relationship with her parents, and how she struggles with being honest with sobriety at the tender age of 12.

In the end though, she is back in the hospital after a second relapse, scared, ashamed, discouraged. At the time of publication of this book, her relationship with her mother had been progressing, although since this book came out, it is a known fact that her relationship with her mum has been strained. Faced with an abusive father, the execrable and vicious degenerate John Drew Barrymore( it is shocking to read of the physical and emotional abuse he subjected the little girl to) , a mother who was not always there, and nasty schoolmates, she drifted into the company of an older crowd and began her descent into drugs and alcohol by nine, when she began drinking alcohol, began smoking marijuana by ten (offered it by a friend's mother),and was snorting cocaine at twelve. For some reason Jaid Barrymore thought it a good idea to let a 9-year-old, albeit a precocious one, accompany her to clubs and gave her more social freedom than most parents (including mine) allow for teenagers. After reading this book, it's amazing how Drew Barrymore grew up at all, let alone grew up to be relatively sane.It's a heart breaking story of a real-life Hollywood child star whose life spirals out of control before barely making it through puberty. Although I do not know Drew personally, I am proud of her for writing this book, for trying to reach out to other children who may be in a similar situation, and for trying to explain that slowly but surely things can get better if you ask for help. Her intention is to explain the difficulties of addiction and try to help others, as well as to give an honest account before others smeared her name with false assumptions and inaccuracies.