Review: Tim Gunn made it work
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2012
I really loved this Kindle Single about Tim Gunn's life with his father, "Shaken, Not Stirred."  Tim Gunn is a favorite of mine on "Project Runway" and I also like his column in Marie Claire magazine, "Gunn Laws."  He's the master of style and grace.Tim's father was a man who worked for the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, and was so rigid in his ways due to OCD that rather than face a viewing and wake at his brother's funeral, he left and went home.  These were unstructured events, whereas the burial would be structured.  The family was expected to live up to these unbendable rules of the father's, too, and they all suffered for it.Tim realized that he did not want to be like his father, that he wanted to be less rigid in his lifestyle and to be a happier person.  He worked at it and although he is the epitomy of style and the well-dressed man and studied design, he is not the OCD-impaired man his father became, nor the alcoholic that eventually took over his father's life.This is a wonderful Kindle Single to read if you like Tim Gunn or are just interested in the details of another person who grew up with a strict parent who could not stand change in any form.  The single is well-written and to the point.  I found it extremely interesting and an attention keeper. Now I really have to read Tim's books because I enjoyed this so much.  Highly recommended.