I feel weird for reviewing her book or giving her a star rating. A Lotus In The Mud feels like one of the more personal memoirs I've read from a public figure, especially a Hollywood starlet like Golden Hawn. She shares stories and experiences from her life; not so much about her career on-screen except for first breaking out in Hollywood, or her family family. Giving her a rating somewhat feels like I'm ranking her life's experiences and what they mean - because they are meaningful. Hawn opens up about how life delivered difficulties and triumphs, and the spiritual lessons she learned from all kinds of experiences. Unlike some reviewers, I wasn't bothered by her writing style. It's fairly simplistic yet vivid enough to understand the depth of her struggles that are normal and relatable - strained relationships between her parents, traveling the world, experiencing the unknown, falling in love, giving birth, deaths in her close relationships. There is honestly only one instance where I did not personally agree with her outlook or the lesson she presented, and that was the chapters/stories of trusting men, and how she sees it their complete inability to control their sexual desires and "itches to scratch". Some of the later chapters did feel a little repetitive in terms of style, but they still provided depth and insight. Her story is notably laid out as a cycle of self-discovery as a balanced mixture of autobiography and self-help.