Born with teeth

Meh. I didn't really know much about Mulgrew's career other than that she'd been on Star Trek and Orange Is the New Black. I'd heard great reviews of this book on NPR so when it was available as an audiobook from the library, I grabbed it.

The reason I'm "meh" on it is because she seems to spend most of her life defining herself by her relationships to men. She has kids, but they're secondary characters that take a backseat to her romantic entanglements. Also: if you're going to be anti-abortion, then you really should be pro-birth control if you're going to be having a lot of sex when you're not interested in becoming a mother.

Clipped and energetic, Kate's memoir describes her life using defining or descriptive moments, like a photo montage.

Captain Janeway is my favorite Starfleet captain, so when I saw this book I knew I had to read it. Kate Mulgrew has lead an interesting life. Impulsive, a bit crazy. Pretty much what you would imagine an actress's life to be like.

She shares the stories of her childhood, stories of getting stared as a young actress, and stories of her marriage and family. Entertaining and interesting, but I feel like it was very surface. While she let us catch glimpses of her world, she didn't actually let us in. Even during her story of giving her daughter up for adoption, a heart wrenching tale, she kept the reader at arm's length. The ending was abrupt, as well, and I actually thought I was missing chapters in my book at first.

I was expecting more, but enjoyed what I read. 3 stars.