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Neon Angel by Cherie Currie
3.0
I love reading rock memoirs, especially ones of "redemption."
It still boggles my mind how many were bilked out of their just due.
I appreciate Cherie's honesty as she details the highs and lows. Not the best written, certainly, but a definite page turner.
It really was a whole other paradigm at that time, the 60s and 70s definitely, and it was easy to get swept up in the madness of it all, something younger readers might be left thinking, wtf? I was east coast and then mid America at that time, and it boggles my mind still how interconnected the LA scene was during these eras...and beyond.
I remember poring over the pages of my Creem magazines, feeling like perhaps for the first time, I had identifiable role models in The Runaways.
I came away really liking Cherie and her transcendence of an odd time, and I encourage her to write more, in depth, about her continuing adventures.
It still boggles my mind how many were bilked out of their just due.
I appreciate Cherie's honesty as she details the highs and lows. Not the best written, certainly, but a definite page turner.
It really was a whole other paradigm at that time, the 60s and 70s definitely, and it was easy to get swept up in the madness of it all, something younger readers might be left thinking, wtf? I was east coast and then mid America at that time, and it boggles my mind still how interconnected the LA scene was during these eras...and beyond.
I remember poring over the pages of my Creem magazines, feeling like perhaps for the first time, I had identifiable role models in The Runaways.
I came away really liking Cherie and her transcendence of an odd time, and I encourage her to write more, in depth, about her continuing adventures.
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
4.0
Good solid read albeit a bit long and drawn out. Patriarchy on steroids. Angers me to no end. I'm pleased that more and more are finding their way out of the FLDS and other religious cults of all flavors. Kudos to Elissa Wall for finding her courage and voice, and for helping others.