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Title: Train Wreck: The Life and Death of Anna Nicole Smith
ISBN: 1597775401
Author:
Donna Hogan
Publicate Date: 2007-04-10
Publish: 2007-04-10
List Price: $25.95
Average Customer Rating: 2.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: JUMPY
To me the book jumped around too much. One minute it talked about her growing up, then about her being married to the old man, and then back to her as a child. I like to read things in chronilogical order and this was not at all like that. The best part was the END!!!
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2: Misleading Title
I really wanted to like this book. Although I knew Anna Nicole was not brought up in the same househould as her 1/2 sister, I had hoped she could shed some light on some of the cute, child antics sisters usually share. The title of the book was "Train Wreck The and Death of Anna Nicole Smith." However, the book was 80% or more about her sister , Donna's family, friends, children, mother, etc. I believe on some level she was attempting to prove once and for all that Anna Nicole did, indeed interact withthe other side of the family.
From the first page it is obvious that Donna is angry that Vickie, and not herself won the priviledge of becoming, in her own way, an American Idol. Rather than focus on the life of Anna Nicole, Donna focuses on herself, her family, and the relationships she has had with men, etc. There are a series of pictures throughout the book: most of them have nothing with Anna Nicole. It was like having an in-law sit and show you page after page of pictures that are important to them, but which you have no interest in.
I gave this a rating of 3 because there are multiple attempts to explain some of the behavior's of Anna Nicole, and she did seem to have a real concern and sisterly love for her. There were many inconsistancies: in one place Donna states "I have never made any money off of my sisters fame, I refuse to.." However, a couple chapters later she mentions being paid $25,000.00 for an interview with Current Affair. She makes it clear that Vergie,?Anna'smother, had forbidded a relationship with her father or anyhone on his family. Therefore, any knowledge Donna had was either second hand or gotten during the times they would sneak around to see one another.
I am not sorry I read this book, but am glad I borrowed it from the library.
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3: She is not her sister!
Donna Hogan is not her sister! She only met her twice in her whole life and she had never once met Daniel,Anna was told about this book before she died and she said she didn't know who she was,people who are saying they got a better look into Anna's life after reading this book didn't get any real information because how can you know so much about a person that you never really had a connection with? That doesn't work,if you are a fan of Anna's have some respect and don't buy this book Anna wouldn't like it,she tried to have it stopped before she died.
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4: Unreadable
I've read alot of books in my life and this one is the absolute worst. Donna Hogan jumps around from topic to topic, endlessly repeating herself, and giving you more information about HER personal life rather than Anna Nicole's. The chapter about Daniel's death starts off about him but since she has no more information than the general public it quickly veers into different directions about other members of her family.
What amazes me even more is that she had help writing this book. It's truly awful.
Donna Hogan appears to be a very bitter, jealous woman who feels she did not get her fair share in life, and this may be true. BUT that is not the fault of Anna Nicole, and it has nothing to do with Anna Nicole. From what I could gather she and Anna didn't even live in the same house, and saw very little of each other over the years. They had the same biological father and that's her big claim to fame.
It's not a total loss though, this book is good for burning in your fireplace, putting under the leg of that wobbly chair in your garage to keep it level, or for shredding and lining your cat's litter box. Just don't attempt to read it.
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5: Don't waste your time or money!
This was obviously Donna Hogan's desperate attempt for 15 minutes of fame, she often contradicted herself and twisted reality to make herself look like the hero of the family. I can see why Anna Nicole Smith wanted nothing to do with any of them.
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