Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit

Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit
by Catherine James

Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit
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Author: Catherine James
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-02
ISBN: 0312367813
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Book Review: a fascinating read!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Catherine's story is heartbreaking at times, but after you read her book you will walk away with an inspiring story of courage, adventure and compassion. It ventures beyond the sex, drugs and rock 'n roll, yet it includes plenty to pique your interest of this time in musical history!! She does not wallow in self-pity because of difficult times, she creates the best of times and lives her life to the fullest...a fascinating read!

the path of a free spirit may not be conventional, but the experiences it brings are full of life...i loved this book!!

Summary of Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit

"The rare celebrity-crammed memoir that would be worth reading even without the bold-faced names."--Kirkus Reviews

Catherine James' neglect by her young, beautiful mother?cast a shadow over?her Los Angeles childhood and made her long not for normalcy, but just for escape. Escape to?her beloved grandmother Mimi, or to her Aunt Claire, a former beauty queen who'd had a glamorous life with?ex-husband Busby Berkeley.? Escape to her father, a?race car driver who had been out of her life almost since the day she was born. Escape even to school, where she would at least be taken care of.? Instead, Catherine was finally abandoned by her furious mother to become a ward of the state before she reached her teens.

A chance meeting with a very young Bob Dylan inspired Catherine to run away with only one goal: to get to Greenwich Village.? Dandelion follows Catherine's extraordinary life, as she is entranced by Eric Clapton; taken up by the beautiful people in Andy Warhol's Factory; and begins romances with rockers Jackson Browne and Jimmy Page.

While raising her son, whose father was Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Wings, Catherine finally returns to her West Coast roots, reconnects with her family and discovers that her mother hasn't changed but her father has: he's become a heartbreakingly garish transsexual.? Moving and shocking by turns, Dandelion?is a completely different view of a celebrated pop culture scene, and a fractured mother-daughter relationship.

?"James' story.take[s] this movingly written autobiography well beyond the realm of sex, drugs and rock & roll."-Music Connection

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