When I reviewed Irene Tsu's new book, I mentioned two other books from Asian actresses that were published, one by Shirley Yamaguchi and the other by Tsai Chin. But I forgot an autobiography: JUST LIKE REALLY by Cherylene Lee. I was aware of this book and certainly Cherylene Lee. I had already written about her here and the other child prodigy, Ginny Tiu. But there was something regretful and sad about Cherylene. She died not long ago on March 18, 2016 after years of painful cancer treatments. Her mother had died several years before. There was a photo of them together that I put on this blog. Facebook never dies, so Cherylene's Facebook is still active.
Recently, I had to read her book. As I found out, it was not a simple task to acquire it. Though the book was around, I needed to pay full price and then some. Once ordered through an Amazon link, I got the book quickly. So no problem there.
Parts of JUST LIKE REALLY were difficult to read because of the emotion they generated. Not just Cherylene's emotion, but my own. Structured so that the story of Cherylene and her mom on cruises (stories that can be very funny) alternates with the story of Cherylene's career. Reading the book, I came across familiar names, familiar times. I was thankful for first-hand information.
Cherylene's book was published by Longevity Press with a street date of August 31, 2015. Longevity Press a very small publishing concern of Richard E. Bush. Despite the small nature of the Press, the book is very professional in design and content. If you check the dates of the book's publication and Cherylene's death, you will see there is not much separation. Another reason for my sadness.
Curious, I did some behind-the-scene searching and found out that:
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