Born with Teeth by

A star known for her strong female roles in Star Trek: Voyager and Orange Is the New Black offers a deeply moving account of the price and rewards of a passionate life.

The most touching parts of Born With Teeth are the ones with her children and her sister. The most interesting are the occasional insights into her acting career, stage and television both. Unfortunately the bulk of the book is coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, and failed relationships with men. The relationships are described with little affection, since they are told with hindsight of every red flag and failing. The book isn't completely linear, which is frustrating at times.

If you're considering this book as a Star Trek fan, you can skip ahead to around chapter 25. Her time on Voyager isn't described in great detail but it's reasonably satisfying. If you want anything related to Orange Is The New Black, tough luck because the book ends at least a decade before that series began.

Interesting enough to kick off a new annual Book Riot challenge (“Read a celebrity memoir”) and now I want to watch Star Trek: Voyager.

A generous 3 stars. Her writing style matches her interview style which I find overly dramatic and effusive. This also ended earlier than I expected, I'm pretty sure she'd divorced Tim Hagan when this came out so it must have taken a while to publish

An easy romp into the life of Kate Mulgrew up to her mid-Voyager days. Her story isn't always sunshine and roses, her lifestyle (actress in theater and television) not one I can necessarily relate to, but enjoyable nonetheless.