Why people recommend it
My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand is a massive, highly anticipated 970-page celebrity memoir detailing the iconic entertainer's legendary life and career. The book was featured prominently across multiple episodes of The Book Review on July 18, 2024. In the episode titled "What Big Books Have Yet to Come Out in 2023?", Gilbert Cruz discussed the memoir as a major highlight of the upcoming publishing season, humorously referring to the author simply as Babs. Later, in the episode titled "Talking Barbra Streisand and Rebecca Yarros", Cruz returned to the subject, welcoming Alexander Jacobs to the show. Jacobs had just spent considerable time reading and reviewing the colossal volume, and the two discussed the immense scale of the project and the extensive effort required to process Streisand's detailed life story. Through these segments, the podcast captured both the excitement surrounding a major celebrity release and the critical perspective of a reviewer tackling a monumental literary undertaking, giving listeners a thorough preview of what to expect from the legendary performer's deeply personal life story.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
Gilbert Cruz — 2 mentions
“it's called my name is Barbara and it's by Babs it's by Barbara strand”
“I am here now with Alexander Jacobs who finally has gotten some sleep after reviewing a 970 page Memoir by Barbara stron called my name is Barbara”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and then Barbara strien my name is Barbara those were the book ends of my year practically”