Christina Crawford Reading "Mommie Dearest" (Part 2) (Joan Crawford) 

Thank you for putting up this audio book

Autumn leaves and sudden fear are GREAT movies

Some of the things she did doesn't line up with being abused as a child. We would never say no to our abuser. We'd be too scared. And we would be glad to get away from them not be homesick like she was at school. She talks about her mother way to casually to have ever been scared of her like she says. And she remembers allot. Usually childhood trauma causes a terrible memory bc you block out so much... IDK if this was true or not bc Joan could've chose a child of her 4 to abuse and not the others. What does the brother say? Did he back up her wire hangers story?

Surrounded herself with homosexuals and said with such disdain by Christina.

Now nobody can tell me she isn't capable of lying. She has no problem spinning a tail, very very good at giving deep details. That normal people just would not use to describe things

Are these random excerpts or is the book really this disorganized?

42:35 - At the end of a litany of charges against her mother she says "the homosexuals she surrounded herself with"- Erm, excuse me? I've always supported Christina's perspective, I'm not a Joan Crawford apologist but this is disappointing. And wrong.

Joan died and the book was released in a year. I wonder if she did this on purpose

Howard Hughes & Richard Nixon are both Capricorn. The strange thing is there astrological charts are almost identical

This was one troubled child. Hateful, jealous, vindictive and conniving. This over dramatized and inflated account of such a horrible life you had was by your own hand. Shameful..

History has been very good to JC regarding this saga. It's interesting how it was considered so shocking at the time ... today Christina comes off as a spoiled, angry, and betrayed daughter of a superstar who stood her ground by not handing everything to their kids.

Did she compared homosexuals "gay people,to a negative thing? WTF

It's sad this book is considered a cult classic.It's one of the most sought after out of print books on Amazon.I'm no Joan Crawford apologist but no one deserved being pissed on like this.

i like joan more.

I’ll be honest, when I watched the movie first, I believed her! Now hearing the book im thinking how would you remember all these details.. When I was young I remember very good times with my mom, but it’s not down the the details and what my mom said… She remembers everything sense she was 3 down to every word.. It’s not believable sorry

For someone who was so terrified of her mother and was ruled with an iron fist she sure seemed to retaliate and bite back for a terrified little girl. Sounds more like a spoiled brat than an abused child

"Like wild Indians we dashed into the library", "The homosexuals she surrounded herself with"? Christina, gurl, you're not making yourself any favors with those lines

Now it makes sense why in Chicago boystown they play mommy dearest everyone laughs! Assuming to laugh at Christina and her story lol

Only Christina Crawford would put the bit about the gifts in and expect sympathy. She doesn’t say, “as a child I just didn’t understand. And sure my mom probably did it for publicity. But it was a good thing looking back.” No, that would be reasonable. She is still upset over those presents.

Lets see, someone had a talented, famous mother, lived in a palace with food and clothes and ponies at birthday parties and it was so awful, had to write a book for money because she bungled all the privilege and opportunities her horrible mother laid at her feet. I'm just not feeling it. I will say I was a lippy, spoiled child too, but no one bought my book.

8:00 your mother loved you, she had demons, we all do, you think you know pain, you know nothing.......

Christina just admit you and Joan planned this whole thing so you could have a way to support yourself and to keep people interested in Joan decades after her passing. Think you're both geniuses.

I’m certain Joan Crawford was no saint, and she certainly did some questionable things, but Christina strikes me as a whiny, over dramatic person who wrote this book out of revenge over the will. I’m no Joan Crawford fan, and I’m not defending her. But Christina is very unlikeable.

She wrote this book to hurt her mother

Christina seems spoiled and entitled. Does she have any idea how most of us had to somehow grow up with no pool, no vacations, no parties, no pretty clothes, and a raging parent on top of it all? Get a clue, Christina. To me, she seems like a wild child. I had to pay room and board at 16 and go to school full time. Get a clue, Christina.

Could be me but she sounds cheesy.. What 4 year old calls their birthday a luncheon? Also who calls their mother, Mommie , after the age of 5? She said mommie dearest was a term of endearment but she is calling her mommie to the point it makes me wanna slap this over grown kid! Some of these stories sounds like spoiled brat baby fits. Christina does seem very spoiled especially acting like she was near death because she would t eat that steak.. honey if that’s child abuse my parents should be in prison. What we had on our plates we ate it and u got nothing else until you did .. I know that’s horrible!! We were spanked with anything my parents could grab in my days . We all did as kids when we misbehaved. Now days be considered abuse but not my days as a child growing up.. Christina seems jealous and wants to be the star. I have a problem with somebody that writes a book ,something so horrible, about their mother and that mother being a famous movie star. Written after Joan died where she can’t even defend herself. Every story has 3 sides. Your version, my version and the truth. I always thought it so disrespectful to talk badly about the dead. So why wait until then? I think it was a pay back to get back at her mother . Something that took Joan most of her life to make , a career in which this brat was going to destroy in one book .so many crazy accusations , many sounding like tantrums from a spoiled brat.. Anyways, I’d find it more believable if she had made these claims while Joan was alive.

The homosexuals. Lol. Okay. Bye.

I think this was very cruel to do this to Joan.

Christina was not a pretty girl or pretty lady ever. She also sounds like she is enjoying talking about Joan Crawford and telling these stories.

Poor Joan. After all she came through to make a name for herself, she takes in this unwanted parasite and the rest is history.

Oh boo hoo, poor Christina had to give away some of the gifts from the large pile she got, and boo hoo that she had to write thank you notes for them. Only a narcissist would expect someone to feel sorry for them over that.

I think Christina Crawford is just pure jealous of Joan Crawford

Terrible book. Thanks for posting it, though. I’m glad I’ve finally heard it. It’s poorly written, whiny. She can’t read it so it’s interesting, either.

What a load of rubbish

Christina is Full of BS as i listen to this more the more i realize this