A Very Modern Family: Stories and guidance to nurture your relationships

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This book gave me a very similar feeling. I teared up towards the end because I felt like I was saying goodbye to the characters again, but this time you realize you are also saying goodbye to the actors and to the writers and to all of the people that worked so hard to bring me joy for so long. Richmond spilling wine on the rug at his friends place and then covering it, and then later winning an Emmy for that episode and his friend finding out fifteen years later One thing I really enjoy is that in this series a lot of the plot lines came from the cast and crew pitching the ideas, it was not all made up. To me it makes the scenes even funnier. In A Very Modern Family, Carrie and David share their own familial experiences, while providing you with a deep dive into real life, frequently encountered situations and pertinent, applicable advice. Their openness and solutions-based approach will provide solace, guidance and inspiration for families everywhere.

I enjoyed getting all the inside knowledge about the show and hearing the perspective of the different actors, how their characters came to be and how they made them their own, by the end of it I realized how no one else could have been more perfect than them.Absolutely delightful! I remember watching this show when I was a kid, my family watched it pretty regularly when I was in high school. I stopped watching it in college but still kept up on random episodes here and there. Halfway through reading this, I actually started watching season 11 (why are none of the other seasons available on any streaming devices??? I don’t want to pay whatever to watch it on HBO when I *know* the full series used to be on Hulu at one point!) and laughed out loud a lot. I wanted to watch the pilot initially but it’s not streaming and I didn’t want to hunt for it. Interesting reflections on conflict too- and about how resolving conflict is about staying and trying to respectfully find a solution WHILST feeling difficult feelings. And the goal of an argument is not to win, but to understand each other. As much as people love the show, few know the stories behind it. How did a kernel of an idea by Emmy-winning writers Steve Levitan and Chris Lloyd morph into a television juggernaut? Where did they find the cast? How did they come up with story ideas and film favorite episodes? What went on behind the scenes? Up until now, there have been individual stories and interviews about the show, but nothing comprehensive that captures the complete story of the series. I found it interesting that Sarah Hyland was rooting for the Haley-Andy storyline too. Adam (Andy) ended up going to work on a different show so that storyline could not work out. The reason the character of Haley was always leaning on something (was because it was painful to stand up on her own)

Carrie and David Grant have an extraordinary story to tell: three of their four children are trans or non-binary, they are also gay or queer, all four are neurodivergent, and they are a mixed-race family, too. I do have to disagree with the statement about There's no such thing as bad behaviour, it's all communication. The behind the scenes info on how the cameraman performed the “Texas Switch” when Haley had to hit Phil with her carI am obsessed with these “oral histories.” I love this format as a way of recapping a show’s history- The Saturday Live one and the Office one were both incredibly informative and addictive to read, and my girl Taylor Jenkins Reid very cleverly used this style to tell the fictitious history of “Daisy Jane and the Six.”

It's important to remember that forgiveness is not acceptance. Forgiving doesn't condone or let the other person off. in fact, forgiveness has very little to do with the other person. What was wrong may still be wrong; forgiveness is what we do to release ourselves from being held captive and shaped by the wrong that was done to us. Forgiveness is the first step in breaking free from the captivity of pain." p202The review copy I have doesn't have the photo inserts, but from images I saw of those photos, I can't imagine them doing anything but add to the strengths of the book. If your life with your children is continually challenging and feels like an endurance test, try and reframe it as your sacred purpose is parenting. Claire and Ed are on the roller rink, only Julie had skates on because Ed did not want to wear them. Ed would be noticeably taller if he had them on I felt sad for young Ty Burrell reading how strapped for cash he was, knowing how scary it is to be low on money. He had hired a taxi, not knowing he was going to pass the studio test. However, from that point going forward it was going to be two hours until they got to CBS for his reading. He asked the taxi driver to wait, potentially requiring his help to drive him there. I mean, can you imagine asking a taxi driver to wait 2 hours for you? 2 hours of a taxi driver not working, sitting around for one fare is a big loss.