This Time Together

This Time Together (2010) by Carol Burnett. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, this slender volume is Burnett's selective memoir of her decades  spent in show business. It's mostly a happy book, telling of her many successes and serendipitous events that helped her advance in her career. One gets the sense that she is basically a happy person, and that comes through in her many showbiz stories. The serious part comes towards the end, when she tells of her daughter Carrie's unsuccessful battle with cancer. Carrie died at age 38, and obviously this was a great tragedy in Burnett's life. But she gets past it and manages to soldier on. One could be forgiven for feeling envy towards Carol Burnett. Grade: B