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    But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet
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    But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet

    By Jancee Dunn

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    The second I stepped through the doors of Rolling Stone as a real employee, I wanted to shake off my old personality like the rigid husk of a cicada. But how could I cultivate a new, hip persona when I lived with my parents in a New Jersey suburb and wore black leggings as pants?

    New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls, and, especially, her family. Barreling down the Turnpike in her parents’ Buick LeSabre, her perm brushing the ceiling of the car, she felt ragingly alive. But one night she met a girl who worked at Rolling Stone magazine in New York City. To Jancee, who visited the city exactly once a year with her parents and two sisters, New York might as well have been in Canada. But she loved music, so with bleak expectations she passed along her résumé, dashing her father’s hopes that she would carry on the family legacy of service to J. C. Penney (a man so revered that a bust of his head was proudly displayed in the den) .

    Soon Jancee found herself backstage and behind the scenes, interviewing a countless (and nerve-racking) parade of some of the most famous people in the world, among them Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Beyoncé. She trekked to the Canadian Rockies to hike with Brad Pitt, was chased by paparazzi who mistook her for Ben Affleck’s new girlfriend, snacked on Velveeta with Dolly Parton, and danced drunkenly onstage with the Beastie Boys. She even became a TV star as a pioneering VJ on MTV2.

    As her life spun faster, she plunged into the booze-soaked rock-and-roll life, trading her good-girl suburban past for late nights and hipster guys. But then a chance meeting turned Jancee’s life in an unexpected direction and helped her to finally learn to appreciate where she came from, who she was, and what she wanted to be.

    Riotously funny and tremendously touching, But Enough About Me is the story of an outsider who couldn’t quite bring herself to become an insider and introduces readers to a hysterical, lovable real-life heroine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061739811
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    But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet
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    Jancee Dunn

    Jancee Dunn has written three books, including the rock memoir But Enough About Me. She writes for many publications, including The New York Times, Vogue, and O, The Oprah Magazine.

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    • 4/5
      I give it four stars because it was just so much fun to read...made me laugh out loud every few pages. I particularly enjoyed the author's interviewing tips, and the stories about her parents and sisters, all of whom she clearly loves.
    • 2/5
      Got 3/4 of the way through....realized i didnt know much more about the author than when i started and when she does drop names only about 1/2 are recognizable or interesting
    • 5/5
      Jancee Dunn starts out her memoir with solid advice about how to interview the absurdly famous. She alternates her hard won knowledge with the fascinating story of her transformation from a typical middle-class Jersey teen to a famous Rolling Stone journalist and MTV-2 VJ. Jancee's writing style is both charming and hilarious. Her objective and insightful story-telling is fully engaging and at times, it felt like Jancee was a close friend sharing her most thrilling and humiliating life moments. Throughout her story, Jancee shares her personal experiences with famous celebrities, such as Madonna, Loretta Lynn, Elton John and Brad Pitt, which allows the reader to catch a glimpse of what it would be like to interview the most famous celebrities and how difficult it would be to challenge them with questions they are determined to avoid. Jancee's insights into how to ask those challenging questions made me both cringe and laugh, as I could easily envision being in her shoes. I was completely delighted by Jancee's first book and terribly disappointed when it came to an end (though it was a fabulous ending!). I cannot wait to start her most recent release, "Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask", where I hope I can get learn more of Jancee, her family, and her fantastic life experiences. I strongly recommmend this book for anyone who enjoys pop culture and fantastic story-telling!
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this book soooooo much. Following Jancee through her life was just a joy and I loved the all the little snibbles of information about stars that she had interviewed. A fun, light read that I recommend highly.
    • 2/5
      Very disappointing. Sadly, the title was the best part of the book.
    • 4/5
      I'm really glad Jancee wrote this book. I like the way it was set up with vignettes from celebrity interviews in between chapters from her life. I can identify with the author since we are closer in age and feel the same reverence for the same celebrities. The only thing I didn't enjoy was that it seemed that the book was moving in chronological order, but I guess perhaps not because there was some confusion over whether she left Rolling Stone or not-- maybe I missed something, but it seemed that the order of things got jumbled, leaving me to imagine (without knowing this for sure or not) that the memoir is probably built from several articles written previously.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book. Dunn has an easy to read writing style that combines wry observations and funny commentary. It's interesting because she is fairly straight and narrow (no drugs, etc) but she skillfully interviews rock stars and other celebrities.
    • 4/5
      Cute story of a New Jersey girl that became a Rolling Stone celebrity profiler.