Book ~ "Find it in Everything" (2014) Drew Barrymore

From Goodreads ~ "I have always loved hearts," writes acclaimed actress Drew Barrymore in the foreword to this heartwarming gift book. "The way that continuous line accomplishes the most extraordinary thing--it conveys love." 

In "Find It In Everything", Barrymore shares the photographs she has taken of heart-shaped objects and patterns she has come across over the past ten years. Some are obvious and others barely discernible. A discarded straw wrapper, a hole in a T-shirt, a scallion in a bowl of miso soup - seemingly everywhere she turns her lens a heart reveals itself. 

A very personal collection of images, many of them accompanied by brief captions that reflect on beauty in the everyday, "Find It In Everything" is a delightful book from the beloved actress and director, who now adds photographer to her list of credentials. 

I finished Barrymore's book, WildFlower, today so thought I'd check out this one.  I find it interesting to see what people take pictures of.

Barrymore has always loved hearts.  This is a short book (less than 100 pages) full of pictures that she has taken of hearts.  With some, there are some sentences of how she felt about the picture.

It was a fun book to look at but definitely one you would borrow from the library.

Here are some samples of her pictures.

Book ~ "Wildflower" (2015) Drew Barrymore

From Goodreads ~ Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and profound stories from her past and present told from the place of happiness she's achieved today. 

"Wildflower" is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences of her earlier years. 

It includes tales of living on her own at 14 (and how laundry may have saved her life), getting stuck in a gas station overhang on a cross country road trip, saying goodbye to her father in a way only he could have understoo, and many more adventures and lessons that have led her to the successful, happy, and healthy place she is today.

Drew Barrymore has led an interesting life.  On her paternal side, she comes from a family of actors.  Her father and mother, both hippies, split up before she was born.  To help pay the bills, her mother got her acting jobs when she was young.  As a preteen, Drew was smoking, drinking and doing drugs.  She ended up spending 18 months in an institution for the mentally ill.  When she was 14, she petitioned for emancipation and was declared an adult.  As Drew got older, she became rebellious but was determined to be an actress and producer and eventually settled down.  She is now happily married to husband #3 and the mother of their two daughters.

This book is a collection of stories of her life and experiences, in no particular order.  Drew tells about having her children, meeting her husband and his family, taking care of her father when he was dying, her dogs, making movies with Adam Sandler, becoming an ambassador for the UN and building a school in Africa, learning how to do laundry and lots more.

I found the stories entertaining.  It was interesting to get an insight into different parts of her life.  There's no dirt or gossip.  I liked the writing style.  As a head's up, there is swearing.