Call Me Crazy

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I found this book at the library and read it on an impulse, not having much of an opinion on Anne Heche either way. The only thing I knew about her was she dated Steve Martin and Ellen Degeneres, went crazy and thought she was someone named Celestia and everybody pretty much hates her. My life is a life movies are made of," wrote Anne Heche in the proposal for her memoir. Yet what is truly surprising about Heche is that the most publicized event of her past -- her romance with Ellen DeGeneres -- is only one development in a fascinating and difficult life that has included more than its share of heartache and tragedy. What will it take to get the question mark out of that child's brain?" she must have thought -- never questioning that she too was questioning, and even though she didn't want me to see it, I saw it in her eyes. | March 2003

Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact.” Nobody would have mistaken Heche for the second coming of Meryl Streep. Nonetheless, she brought spark to her roles and, whether playing rom-com lead or action heroine, her charm and pizazz went off like a popping camera bulb.We can only hope we find a world that applauds rather than blames regardless of how articulate in their writings we believe them to be. In a Sept. 6, 2001, story from USA TODAY's archives, Heche talked to reporter Ann Oldenburg about her memoir and why she chose to write it. Heche, best known for her breakout role as good and evil twins on the soap opera, Another World, and for such films as Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog, Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking, and Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco, crashed her Mini Cooper into a two-story home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mar Vista, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. “Fifty-nine firefighters took 65 minutes to access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure, and rescue one female adult found within the vehicle, who has been taken to an area hospital by LAFD Paramedics in critical condition,” the LAFD statement said. On August 12, her friends and family released an update about her condition, saying that Heche was “not expected to survive” the crash. My brother Atlas and I lost our Mom,” he told People. “After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom.”

When Heche was 13, her father died of Aids, which she said he contracted from same-sex partners. Heche also claimed that her father repeatedly raped her as a child, leading to her contracting genital herpes when young. Other members of her family disputed the claim. Who is Anne Heche? Read about her life before car crash, includingmental health struggles, Ellen DeGeneres romanceIn summarizing this one I couldn't help but notice that much like in life she received the same in death.

Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs-up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. I want to get a trend going where we're giving each other thumbs-up signs for just being alive and walking down the street. Sometimes life is so hard and we judge people rather than realizing that it's an accomplishment to simply get up in the morning. So ... thumbs-up! You're awake.) Heche later became estranged from her sister Abigail, who said that her sibling’s memories of childhood abuse were “untrue” [she also disputed that Nathan had taken his own life]. Interesting read. I was a little young to be terribly into celebrity culture when this book came out, and when these events were going on in her life, but I actually do remember a few of these things being in the news. It was interesting to revisit some of it with a more mature eye and better understanding of the significance of events. There have been many things put out about me that were not the full story," she said at the time. "So I thought it was important and necessary to tell the whole story. In telling the whole story – whether you like it, don't like it, think I'm insane, think I'm sane – you'll see we are on a journey that is an individual process toward healing ourselves, I believe."THR reached out to Scribner to see if the publisher plans to reissue the book, which is described as a “harrowing autobiography” that is “raw with emotion,” per Publishers Weekly. Heche recounted her childhood growing up in Ohio in a conservative Christian family with claims of childhood sexual abuse and trauma inflicted by her father, a Baptist minister. Dad had dropped out of medical school when they were in college and Mom was pregnant with Susan, and although it wasn't mentioned often, you could hear her disappointment hidden in sentences like "Donald!" (Oh, yeah, that was his name.) "If you had only stayed in school and become a doctor we would have food to put on the table! How long do you think I can feed these children on five dollars a week!?"

As an avid reader, I always try to read a book with an open mind. This was part sad part inspirational and a triumph for her. I would recommend this to anyone who loves to learn about other people's lives and has an open mind that doesn't judge even their books.I saw the most ravishing woman I had ever seen in my life standing across the room,” Heche said in 2001. “Her name was Ellen DeGeneres. She was radiating. I think at certain times in people’s lives you just radiate an energy and a glow of fabulousness. And that was her. I had never seen anybody so lit up.” The two of them share a personality and ability to face the world in a way that I feel like I have and would want portrayed," she said. What is 'Call Me Crazy'about? And then I leapt. With all my might. Up, up, and away. Weightless. Free abandon. It wasn’t that long of a ride, but long enough. As I felt the landing at the bottom coming toward me, I easily touched down. Toe by toe until I was on solid ground again. Would anyone ever believe that I could actually fly?" Heche, the youngest of five children, was raised in a strict Baptist Christian household and told King that her father, Donald, was "in complete denial" about his "promiscuous" life. He died at the age of 45 when Heche was 13.