Shirley and Marty: An Unlikely Love Story by Shirley Jones
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Firstly, this biography of husband and wife entertainers feels disorganized for the several voices. Shirley, Marty Engels, and their co-writer Mickey Herskowitz interrupt each. At times, it is obvious the same story is being told before it is clear by whom. Others make cameos. The telling of their lives reveals Ingels' crippling anxiety, at times leading to stage fright, agoraphobia, etc. Ingels' success is despite these handicaps while Jones comes across as the strong, vivacious one. The alcoholic travesty of Jack Cassidy is background as, surprisingly, The Partridge Family years and the Cassidy brothers despite a chapter on Ryan's enforced drug treatment. The book end anti-climactically with an accounting of Ingel's publically unveiled cash savings and a trite listing of commandments for a good marriage.
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