Mackenzie PhillipsRecensioni

Very interesting look at her life. Totally believeable, especially in light of struggles. Wishing her the very best luck in maintaining.

This book could also be titled “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll”. Mackenzie Phillips, star of “One Day at a Time” and daughter of John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas writes a candid memoir of her life.
In polite terms, her dad was a jerk. He did not protect her, she was unsupervised and literally left to fend for herself. Her life was very sad. Mackenzie was high during most of the filming of “One Day at a Time” She functioned until she could not. After 13 years of drug addiction and being blacklisted in Hollywood, she cleaned up her act and became a functioning adult and a mother to her son. She fell back into drugs again after being put on pain killers after surgery. She became sober a second time, with the help of family and friends.½

A 'drunkalog' of MacKensies life, which was brought on by a father with absolutely no idea of how to parent; no rules whatsoever. Mackensie was raped at 13 and got high at 11. He father let Mick Jagger have sex with her and later states a sexual relationship with her. A tragic story but it appears MacKensie has overcome her addiction.

Well....this is the daughter of "Papa" John Phillips founder of the Mamas & Papas.......and this book backs up my beliefs that it is up to the parents how their children turn out. At 10 years old he had Laura rolling his joints....and from there it was one step to her stealing his drugs and becoming an addict.

Her mother had little or no say so, especially after she married for a second time Lenny (who would beat the hell out of her)...thus prompting Laura to move in with John & his current wife.....

What a wasted (no pun intended) life.

Un dolor de cabeza. Y no tiene nada que ver con el estilo de escritura, sino con los acontecimientos que se relatan.

Wow. I am really hoping Mackenzie Phillips wrote this as part of her addiction recovery process, because if she is just putting this out there for no reason she has no idea how wrong so much of this confession is. She was horribly addicted to the point she had no control over her life and ended up doing truly disgusting and horrifying things over and over. The fact that she seems to be a genuinely nice person is probably the only thing that ever got her through her life. Good luck to her with her new sober life; she has been through more than any person should.

needed some mindless reading, this sure covers it. Holy crap what a disaster. Like watching a train wreck. She spared nothing and seemed to have miraculously come out the other side a whole person. Her fortitude is nothing short of staggering.

Although her story was interesting, it got boring in parts. Same old thing, over and over again. She didn't speak much about her recovery treatments, other than the fact that she was desperate. Some chapters left me sleepy, some left me simply bored. She did talk about the issues on "One Day at a Time" and the tormented relationships that she created while under the influence. This was only somewhat of a good book.

Mackenzie shares her name-dropping, drug-reminiscent, sexually exploited memories in this tell all memoir. Purely drivel but fun to hear stories of those such as Paul McCartney and wonder what it was like to grow up with them in your life.

As far as most people go, I'm a fairly new Mackenzie Phillips fan. In my twenties now, I was a child who grew up watching her on the Disney Channel show So Weird and I fell in love with her cool, quirky vibe and talent. So, of course, her more recent struggles were a shock to me as I knew little of her past as I wasn't born then. When I heard that she had a memoir coming out, I rushed to get it so I could learn more about the life of someone I had grown up admiring.

Her life was filled with sex, drugs, dangerous behavior, and rock and roll. The memoir is chock full of her escapades as a child around the time of American Graffiti, her teenage years during One Day at a Time with the always bubbly Valerie Bertinelli, and her adult years where she toured with the New Mamas and the Papas. You watch her go from drug addict to sober and back again all within the 300 pages of her autobiography and watch her do it with as much kindness, acceptance and grace as is possible for someone who was so publicly humiliated time and time again. The memoir, while written with a co-author, is written in her telltale voice. Anyone who has heard her speak outside of her acting roles can easily hear Mack's own voice while reading through the pages. That lends an authenticity to High on Arrival that not all memoirs have, and it makes the book truly feel like you are just having a talk with a good, old friend.

I imagine that a lot of people will have read the book to hear about the sordid details of her relationship with her father, John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. However, there is so much more to her and the memoir than her trials and tribulations with her dad. For those who love juicy gossip from what Mackenzie calls "the City of Glitter", this memoir is full of some of the juiciest with a high profile cast of characters. I'd definitely recommend this autobiography to fans of Phillips herself and to those who love Hollywood drama, especially from the 60s and 70s. At times, High on Arrival can be hard to slog through as a lot of the memories blur together due to their similarity and some realizations tend to be rehashed over and over again. Still, this is a solid memoir and an easy read. Three stars.

I read this in two days, just couldn't put it down. I really don't know how she had survived as long as she did. It's sad how drugs can completely overtake ones life and it did hers. But growing up the way she did I'm not surprised. I wish her all the best and hope she never slips back and relapses ever again.

Very good book, but not for young readers. If you are interested in recovery from addiction and/or the music scene of the 1960's, you will probably enjoy it. She's very candid about everything that happened, though it must have been difficult. I admire her a lot for having the courage to speak up.

Very moving book, but disgusting. This should be mandatory reading in Jr. High.

Should waking up with your underwear around your ankles and your dirty father next to you with his wank hanging out be an indication that you have a problem? Or should the 3rd time do the trick?

I am at a loss for words.........

This book received a lot of publicity because in it Phillips claims that she had an incestuous relationship as an adult with her father, rock musician John Phillips. Some don’t believe she’s telling the truth, but having read the book, I see no reason not to believe her. She and her father were both 1. completely whacked-out drug addicts and 2. completely lacking in any sense of right and wrong or boundaries. What she says happened between them seems totally plausible to me.

Jesus, what a mess. Poor thing never had a shot. Reading this is tantamount to reading the memoir of someone raised by wolves. At least wolves don't share their drug stashes with their cubs. Freak show.

holy smokes--it's amazing Mackenzie Phillips is still alive. her life was a crazy hot mess. Fascinating in a sick and twisted way.
Listening on CD--read by the author.

Surprisingly gripping and well-written. Not sure how much hope I have that this is Mack's final detox, but I do wish her well.

This is another book that needs a warning on the front saying, "Warning: Beloved dog dies." I'm just sayin.

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