Would have been even better with a little more time spent on the times
936237
Although Mary Tyler Moore made a number of feature films and was even nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for Ordinary People, it is for the part she played in the classic age of TV that she will be best remembered.

She first won national and international acclaim - and two Emmys - as Laura Petrie, the wife of Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show (which ran from 1961 to 1966 on CBS) but her crowning achievement was as Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which notched up a total of 29 Emmys during its 168-episode seven-year run on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

The latter was quite simply one of the most influential situation comedies ever. In moving the sitcom from the home to the workplace it broadened the concept of family to include co-workers. More fundamentally, it helped to subvert traditional notions of what was acceptable by portraying Moores character as an increasingly assertive professional woman (an associate producer of the six o'clock news on a Minneapolis TV station) who remained, most significantly, happily unmarried.

Mary Tyler Moore and her eponymous show have thus come to be seen as integral to the narrative of the movement for womens liberation in the US by challenging traditional stereotypes.

Marc Shapiros Youre Gonna Make It After All is keen to pay due regard to this perspective, as indicated by his books subtitle: The Life, Times and Influence of Mary Tyler Moore. Indeed, his stated intention is to eschew traditional celebrity biography in favour of an account that would effectively be two books, equal parts biography and history of a movement.

How well does Shapiro succeed? The answer, Im afraid, has to be only partly. Shapiro has researched Moores life very thoroughly and produced a highly readable account of her eighty years both in the public eye and as a private individual. He has, however, not been quite so assiduous in doing his homework on her times.

One small indication of that is that he perpetuates the myth of symbolic bra burnings. More importantly, his discussion of the impact of The Mary Tyler Moore Show is seriously weakened by his failure even to mention Marlo Thomass ABC sitcom That Girl, which predated Moore in its sympathetic portrayal of an unmarried career woman.

Shapiro talks about how he was approached by his editor to write this book a couple of days after Moores passing on 25 January 2017. One can understand his desire to be the first into print with a biography after that event and commend him for his decision to deal with the times as well as the life whilst still wishing hed spent a little more time on the times.
3902169
I believe this would have been perfect, had I put the time in of following it perfectly.  Not worth it if you don't want to put in the time in to read the book in full.
793164
I wish certain things had been revealed and explained much sooner. I know I would have enjoyed the story much more. It would have rounded out the plot and delved into the characters struggles and emotions a lot more. As it's written it feels...unfulfilled.
3751723
they were going on adventures. it could have being better
701769
Might have been more enjoyable if more concise.  Many places where I felt as though I was slogging through a diatribe.
4684782
Some spots were quite amusing. The mistakes at live news were very revealing. The characters were interesting but I just couldn't connect strongly. It's think the prose of the live news was very distracting and unnecessary.
2185163
The topic of this book could have been very interesting to read about. However, I think it deserved more coverage than this tiny little "booklet" provides. While it is certainly true that the middle class in America today doesn't seem to have the quality of life that it used to have in the 1950's, the book focuses on only one or two reasons the middle class has lost ground when in fact there are MANY MORE reasons for the problem.

The book has the following chapters:

1. Introduction
2. Recent changes in income and wealth inequality
3. Inequality, happiness, and health
4. Envy or content?
5. The rising cost of adequate
6. Why do we care about rank?
7. What types of consumption are most sensitive to context?
8. How can middle-class families afford to keep up?
9. Smart for one,dumb for all
10. Looking ahead
11. Lessons for public policy
12. Reflections

Many of the middle class are having problems reaching an "adequate" standard of living. The book points this out. And I agree that the middle class seems to be working longer and harder hours per week to attain that standard of living. I also agree that the middle class as a whole is putting in those extra hours because they want to keep up with those who have more than they do. But there will always be someone who has more than they have.

I didn't enjoy reading that the have's need to be taxed so the middle class can stop striving to catch up to the have's. I would have liked the book a lot better if instead of suggesting that the well-to-do should be taxed that the middle class should take responsibility for their predicament and stop living above their means. If the middle class were to strive to live within their means and become a "have," then they would get their just due. But if they continue to spend everything they earn (and then some), then there is no hope for them to ever become a have. 3 stars!
3857489
I enjoyed this story, but would have liked more.  There were 3 different plot lines that were interconnected, and while they tied together by the end I really felt like there could have been more depth to the stories.

The descriptions of the area and the historical places were well done, to the point where it added to my anticipation of an upcoming trip to France.  The people in the story did not seem as fleshed out to me which made it hard to get into the meat of the story.  I understand that some of the mystery surrounding characters and their motives was needed to keep the reader guessing as to the ending, but as the ending was not that huge of a shock it seems more could have been done to develop the characters.

The use of the diary kept me turning pages waiting for more from the young sister who had seen so much, but there was no really ending to her personal story to my disappointment.

The ending seemed to be a bit rushed to this reader.  The "confrontation" seemed too simple and the epilogue did nothing to really explain its aftermath beyond what we already knew.  If this is a set up to another France based history mystery for Dory to become involved in I enjoyed the author's style enough to give it a look.

There were some spacing errors between sections which were confusing, but those may be kindle formatting errors.  Otherwise there were no major editing issues that took away from the reading.
4632943
Innovative at the time, but could have been shortened to maybe 20 pages.
2689607
took a bit to really get into the story...author could have used better cues to better understand the change of time frame
329580
So many years comprised so wellalthough i would have liked more info on the last 5 years spawned. Lacked from more gallups points of view.
4675393
It hardly skimmed over subjects, could have been better done.
851775
i enjoyed exploring some interesting topics but had to (in some of the week's topics) struggle to read past the blatant bias and agenda that is very present.  Also, some of the historical inaccuracies actually limit the books during some topics which pull you into a direction based on a biased view of the historical record.  All of that one would expect of a publication such as The New York Times, but it does disappoint none-the-less.  It just wasn't needed but was inserted.
2269546
A decently paced and plotted read, held back by weak characters, stilted dialogue, and plodding descriptions. There were definitely some good ideas here, they just needed some more time to be developed.
2788287
Maybe should I've read it in a timely fashion I could of enjoyed it more. Nice story line tho.
4790355
I found this a compelling and fast read, although like some of the other comments, would have liked to have seen much more character development and a resolution to the crime. The lack of explanation as to what any of the characters were doing with each other to begin with--I took as deliberate on the author's part. We are all "here" and connected to each other in some way or another, for whatever reason. But I would have liked to at least have understood the narrator's attraction to her husband at the outset, given later events. If I were an editor for this book, I'd have suggested that the author write a Part 2 with an alternative narrative viewpoint--that of the husband's--so at some point the reader gets to find out what really happened from his perspective. Similar to "The Affair..."
2534008
Would have like the display to last longer and be larger. The time only displays a few seconds.