I'll Scream Later

I loved this book. I really connected with Marlee. The things she mentions about growing up deaf.. the way she had to have the lyrics written out for her to understand a song... the preference for action or thriller movies and tv shows simply because they are easier to understand.. There was so many simliarities between Marlee and myself it was like a literary looking glass. Of course the similiarities stop there as you will certainly never see me on the cover of a magazine or in a movie! But I felt I could connect with her. I also loved the fact that she doesn't really seem "hollywoodish" or better than everybody else.. She seems "normal" and laid back. Marlee pretty much holds nothing back in this. She talks about her parents and the tensions she has with her mother. She comes clean about her drug use, sexual abuse at the hands of a babysitter and later, a teacher. She tells all about boyfriends, friends, movies, and also how she has felt attacked by the deaf community at times and why she has done some of the things she did that has set them in such a turmoil. A prime example is when she spoke rather than signed name nominations at an awards ceremony. There was a bit of jumping back and forth but it's her story and she will tell it the way she wants to. The only thing I did not like was the pages after pages about William Hurt aka Bill. I couldn't stand him and I will never watch a movie that has him in it. I would have preferred more details about her happier relationships and less Bill. I respect he had a major impact on her but their fighting and screaming at each other and his hurting her got frustating to read so much of. Maybe a bit more of Richard Dean Anderson would have improved it. I know this is a book review and not Facebook or Twitter or whatever them websites are, but I want to take time to thank Marlee Matlin for her amazing work in getting close captioning installed in the televisions in 1993. Life before close captioning was hard. It was impossible to watch tv and understand. Everybody would be laughing and you would feel left out sitting there wondering "what is so funny...???" Closed captioning has made a huge and wonderful impact on the deaf and hearing impaired community. Marlee, thanks. Until I read this I had no idea she was behind it. Wow. Amazing woman. Amazing story. Amazing actress. An absolute must read for deaf women everywhere. Marlee did it. We can do it too. Deafness does not have to stop anybody from doing what they want to do.

Very interesting story of the "inside" life of a celebrity. Marlee Matlin is an amazing woman who has overcome many difficulties in her life - the biggest being her addictions.

I AM HEARING IMPAIRED. I REALLY LIKED MARLEE'S VIEWS ON BEING DEAF. I LEARNED A LOT MORE ON BEING DEAF MYSELF. SHE IS A VERY GOOD WRITER. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK.

I got this book because I am deaf and I have a friend who went to school with her. The book is basically about her life up til now. She told alot about how it is being deaf growing up which I can relate to. How she got into being a movie star. The movie stars she dated. Struggles she went through. I found this book interesting, humorous, sad and found myself relating to her deafness in alot of ways. It gave me inside look of what goes on in the celebrity world. I didn't realize alot of celebrities help each other. You don't hear that in the tabloids. She tells how she became a celebrity and what goes with it. An interesting read! It's a good book to read whether you are deaf or not.

Hollywood memoirs are all too often glossed over press releases about things we already knew about or weren't that interested in in the first place. Not so, I'LL SCREAM LATER. Marlee Matlin has an amazing hourney and she seems to live her life the way she danced on TV--with passion, with integrity and confidence. I was blown away by her amazing stories of triumph and tragedy, and happy that her ending is a happy one--she deserves it.