There was such a fog around me that I felt like I had entered a Whitesnake video.
Dear Mr. You is not your typical Hollywood memoir. It is a brilliantly crafted literary memoir written in letter form to the men who have helped shape Mary-Louise Parker’s life.
The men in these letters include her grandfather, her father, an oyster picker, the doctor who saved her life, and a taxi driver. There is even an apology to NASA.
The fragmented and almost stream of consciousness glimpses at certain periods in Parker’s life add up to a beautiful, compassionate, humorous, thoughtful, intimate, heartbreaking and complex look at how our experiences affect us, positively and negatively.
Dear Mr. You is a deeply personal book. A book that offers great insight into Mary-Louise Parker the person, rather than the actress we think we know because we’ve seen her perform. If you are looking for celebrity gossip and behind the scenes stories you won’t find them here.
Mary-Louise Parker can write and Dear Mr. You is glorious. I only wish there were some Dear Ms. You letters included. Maybe there will be a second memoir. Whatever Mary-Louise Parker has planned next I’m looking forward to reading it.