Find Me

by Rosie O'Donnell

Overview

Part memoir, part mystery, 'Find Me' is a tale of a friendship between a troubled young woman and a celebrity obsessed with helping her. Rosie O'Donnell's candid memoir is a topsy-turvy tale of mistaken identities and strange psychological illnesses that may or may not exist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446530071
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/16/2002
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	13 Years

About the Author

Rosie O'Donnell is one of America's favorite celebrities. She was the host of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, one of the most popular shows of the decade, and has also appeared in numerous movies, television sitcoms, comedy specials and, most recently, on Broadway. She was also co-host of The View.

Read an Excerpt

I met Stacie for the first time in May. Her voice was meek and flat on the phone. She wasn't crying, but I heard it, the unmistakable sound of desperation. That was the first call, the single call that would change my life, and hers too, probably forever.

I work with a nonprofit adoption agency in New Jersey. I fund their operation and provide outreach services; they do the work. Finding families for kids who need them is beyond fulfilling, it is addictive. I like to help. I need to help. I help a lot, sometimes too much.

This is a true story about a girl named Stacie who called the adoption agency with a terrible problem. A lot of it won't make sense, at least logically. But sometimes sense runs deeper than logic. Nothing happens by chance. The events that follow, some dark and painful, changed me absolutely.

You have been warned.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
Why did daytime talk diva Rosie O'Donnell decide to shelve her megapopular, Emmy Award–winning show? Her legion of fans will find the answers here in this surprisingly dark and emotional "tell-all."

There's been a lot of media hype over the fact that Rosie is finally revealing the truth about her sexual orientation. But this "revelation" is a very minor facet of this book. Indeed, her attitude about it seems to be, "This is what I am, no big deal." Instead, what's most revealing in Find Me is what it reveals about the day-to-day life of this pop culture celebrity.

It seems that the daily grind of a talk show is something Rosie goes through somewhat grudgingly -- frankly, she'd rather be helping people who'd like to adopt children. (Rosie has adopted children of her own and finances a New Jersey adoption agency's operation.) Children are obviously vitally important to her; tellingly, a portion of the book details her feelings of abandonment when her own mom died at an early age.

The focal point of Find Me is Rosie's attempts to come to the aid of what appears to be a pregnant young girl, one seemingly unsure what to do about her baby. Rosie, who considers herself an inveterate helper, goes well above and beyond the call of duty and finds herself in an intense emotional situation that, ultimately, leads her to conclude that it's time to end her show.

Rosie's many fans will find this revealing look at her life impossible to put down. (Nicholas Sinisi)

Nicholas Sinisi is the Barnes & Noble.com Nonfiction editor.

bn.com review

Part-memoir, part-detective story, Find Me is beloved talk show host Rosie O'Donnell's inspiring story about the emotional and traumatic event that changed her life dramatically.

Rosie had it all. Her daytime show won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show every year from 1998 through 2001, and she won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host each year. Then, in May 2002, Rosie decided to leave her hugely popular show at the height of her fame. In this powerful book, Rosie reveals the struggles and joys in her life that led to this decision. Her story is compelling and moving, a tale to be treasured for an honesty that distinguishes this book as more than the typical tell-all star biography.

bn.com

...a quick-paced memoir that reads like a novel...

Book Magazine

Despite the tabloids' fascination with O'Donnell's sexuality, her gripping memoir only deals with the topic in passing. O'Donnell, a volunteer at an adoption agency, focuses instead on the friendship she developed last May with a young girl who contacted her after she was raped and became pregnant. Incorporating snapshots from her own life, the author writes of her attempts to help the girl and the unexpected, disturbing events that followed. O'Donnell hasn't written a juicy tell-all but a quick-paced memoir that reads like a novel.
—Kristin Kloberdanz