Warm, affectionate memoir - one of those books where the author writes letters to her dead father, like Rock Brynner's. Not as good as the books by Glenn Ford's son or Vincent Price's daughter but worth a read if you're into Ramis. He comes across as he did on screen - lovely, warm and funny. A bit of a swinger - Amy Heckerling had his love child. A lot of things I didn't know: like ramis was held up at gunpoint in his LA house with the kids there, the rough final years of his illness (he was a smoker).
His daughter writes a lot about herself - idyllic childhood, parents divorce, adjusting to a split household, a wild-ish life, constantly dependent on her father for money (even when having kids), dumping the father of her first kid and hooking up with someone richer. I give her points for honesty. She could've turned out a lot worse. And she loved her dad, it's very winning. Not sure Knocked Up is pro-life... they have to keep the baby for the story to work.
Seth Rogen did the introduction. They're right - Ramis' one scene in Knocked Up is really terrific, expands the universe and gives hope that Rogen and Heigl will make it work.
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