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More Than Love A Book Review

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I don't think I've ever done a book review on my blog before, which is funny because I read books on Old Hollywood stars all the time. I'm starting my first post about a book on Natalie Wood. On May 5th of this year, More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of my Mother, Natalie Wood was released. It's written by Natalie Wood's oldest daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. As a Natalie Wood fan for 16 years I was interested in reading this book. I had read Suzanne Finstad's Natasha and Gavin Lambert's Natalie Wood: A Life , plus I had seen a handful of documentaries about Natalie, so I know a lot about who she was. However, I didn't know personal details about her which were shared by her daughter. Natasha tells a lovely account of growing up with Natalie Wood as her mother. She shares the strong love they had for one another. How she believed she had the perfect mother despite Natalie's flaws. And how she learned to go on with her life after her mother die...