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In her wonderful and moving memoir, Sissy Spacek writes about her idyllic, barefoot child years in a tiny East Texas town, with the clearness and knowledge that originates from never losing look of her root base. Descended from industrious Czech immigrants and threadbare southern gentility, she grew up a tomboy, tagging along with two aged brothers and absorbing elegance and grit from her exceptional parents, who taught her that she could do anything. She also discovered fearlessness in the wake of a family group tragedy, the grief propelling her "like rocket petrol"; to check out her dreams to become a performer. With a keen love of life and a big-hearted tone, she details how she found its way to NEW YORK one star-struck summer season as a 17-year-old hauling a suitcase and two guitars; and how she built a profession that has spanned four decades with films such as Carrie, Coal Miner's Little girl, 3 Women, and The Help. She details dealing with some of the fantastic directors of the time, including Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, David Lynch, and Brian De Palma - who thought of her as a no-talent collection decorator until he cast her as the lead in Carrie. She also shows why, at the height of her popularity, she and her family changed away from Los Angeles to a farm in rural Virginia. Whether she's talking about the terrors and joys of boosting two talented, unbiased daughters, taking listeners behind the displays on Oscar night time, or meditating on the joy of watching a pair of otters frolicking in her lake, Sissy Spacek's memoir is poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, plainspoken and utterly honest. My Remarkable Ordinary Life is approximately what matters most: the beautiful worth of normal things, the easy pleasures of home and family, and the honest job of being right with the world. "EASILY get hit by the pick up truck tomorrow," she writes, "I wish to know I've delivered my neighbor's cake pan."
