RaveThe Evening Standard (UK)\"...in this doorstop of a book there are only a few moments where one imagines the legend of theatre, film and music hesitating to share something that might position her as anything other than an in-control icon-in-the-making. The sheer ambition of this intricately woven memoir, though, makes it a fascinating read ... The Streisand of the Sixties and Seventies was a sensation beyond exaggeration. She\'s simply documenting it, quoting piece after piece so that, perhaps, she doesn\'t have to say it herself. The ego is, thankfully, balanced rather deftly with truly tender recollections of those who have touched her life out of the limelight ... It is impossible not to balk at the book\'s sheer size. The delicate pages (all 992 of them) bring to mind a Russian novel or, perhaps more appropriately for the many who view Streisand as akin to a deity, a bible. And yet, Streisand writes relatively succinctly, with warmth and wit ... For the Streisand super fan, this is a dream come true. An encyclopaedia-sized ode to a remarkable woman, by that remarkable woman, that only ignores questions that they would never be so inelegant as to ask. They do not expect modesty from their queen, and they will not be disappointed. But there\'s much to enjoy for the more casual reader.\
