I, Rhoda

How awful to lose Valerie Harper after all her years of surviving cancer. I thoroughly enjoyed her memoir (it's a no-brainer that I have the audiobook version). Rhoda was such a special character. She was always second banana to the flawless Mary Richards and I could so identify with her self deprecating humour and fabulous sense of style. Reading Valerie's book was such a delight because she definitely seems like a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kinda lady and I could definitely see myself sitting in her kitchen gabbing like old friends. Those are my favourite autobiographies - the ones where you feel instantly connected to the human that created characters that are so close to your heart.