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Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal Hardcover – January 1, 1994
- Print length286 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCarroll & Graf Pub
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1994
- Dimensions6.75 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-100786700661
- ISBN-13978-0786700660
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- Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub; First Edition (January 1, 1994)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 286 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0786700661
- ISBN-13 : 978-0786700660
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.75 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,410 in Movie Director Biographies
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Marjorie Rosen's book, "Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town into an International Community," which examines how multiculturalism has come to the Bible belt town of Bentonville, Arkansas, home office of Wal-Mart, was published on October 1, 2009. Her other books include "Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream," about the relationship between women onscreen and off, "Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal" (with Kristi Groteké, Farrow's former nanny), and the novel, "What Nigel Knew" (co-authored). A former editor at the New York Times Magazine and senior writer at People, Rosen has written for publications as varied as the Daily News, Film Comment, Glamour, Ms, Good Housekeeping, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times "Arts & Leisure," and Playboy. A three-time MacDowell Colony Fellow, she is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism, Communication, and Theatre at Lehman College-CUNY and a 2009-2010 Faculty Fellow at the CUNY Grad School's "Center for Place, Culture and Politics."
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their children are---set against the backdrop of a seemingly routine life of a family, a furor erupts when Mia discovers that Woody is having an affair with her daughter Soon-Yi. And then, in the midst of this angst comes the allegations of molest by Woody of the couple's adopted daughter Dylan.
Before the storm, the author marvels at the simple routines of this family, from the Connecticut house to the Central Park West home that Mia shares with several children---some biological and some adopted. Woody, of course, lives in his own duplex apartment across the Park, but visits frequently. In this fashion, the two have developed a semblance of normal family life for a dozen years, collaborating in movies and co-parenting the children.
Court battles ensue, and the author describes the stressful climate of the home while this is happening---it takes more than a year for everything to be resolved. But while it is playing out, the day-to-day lives of the family members change---subtly at first---but then dramatically, as the life they all once knew crumbles around them.
The author provides a true insider's version of events, albeit from her point of view.
I especially enjoyed the glimpses of celebrity family life, for despite the traumatic events, a kind of normalcy was sought by the parties involved. In this book, Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal, one fact shone through---Mia's love for her children.
This book is supposedly written by the nanny, who was a mere college student at the time of publication. There is a very visible credit by another woman, who is a professional writer of both fiction as well as articles for "People" and other mags. However, I thought a good ghost writer retains the voice of the narrator. This book uses pretentious French phrases and antiquated language like "mooning" (as in going gaga for someone), which a young woman would NOT use. Also, the vitriol seemed excessive, given the subject's infrequent contact with Woody. The hysterics seem to point in the direction of Mia having written/spoken of many vignettes.
It is a rare book that actually makes the so-called "victim" less sympathetic but Rosen has managed to do just that. Congrats, dear! And tell Mia I said hi...;)
Here's a couple fun examples from the inside info: Woody had a special shower built for him in Mia's house but refused to use it because he felt the germs built up inside it. Another one is that when Woody and Mia were not getting along well, Woody would bring a pre-cooked chicken to the house because he was concerned that Mia might poison him with her cooking.
Not everything is so light hearted, as we find out that Woody's daughter Dylan may have been coached by Mia into saying he molested her. Even worse, Woody may have molested Dylan (the charges were dropped). Also, it turns out that Soon-Yi has a double-digit IQ and may have been duped by Woody. Interestingly, Groteke says she does not know for sure about either of these issues but admits that she found it strange that Woody and Soon-Yi wound up together romantically.
Overall, I think the only way we could get a closer look at their lives would be if Woody, Mia, or Soon-Yi wrote a book themselves.