The full book will be out at the end of August, at least in the US. I'm sure there will be plenty to discuss after we have a chance to read it. My, those wild rock stars. Cheers.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Sounds like an ego-boosting exercise. She must be desperate or broke or both. Until now, she and Jane Asher were the only two existing that took the high road. Guess that narrows it down to one.
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I think desperate fits the bill in this case, 834. Her book is a reaction to Eric Clapton's biography, which is coming out at the same time. Apparently she and Eric had made an agreement that neither of them would talk about each other's personal lives. When Eric agreed to put out his official biography (for a handsome sum), it made Pattie so angry that she decided to come out with hers. Apparently the only way she could get her handsome sum was to cover the George Harrison aspect as well.
So I'm expecting a bit of George, but a lot of Eric. The excerpt that I read seems to support that view. Granted, you do find a lot of Beatles mentioned in it, but the stories are not very detailed. I guess none of the Beatles ex-wives really knows how to write!
The Jane stands alone!
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Maureen seemed pretty down to earth. She could have told a story or 20, but left well enough alone. As JL said, everyone gets a book.
What time does the Bus leave?
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I probably will read it, biographies are always more interesting when the author was actually there, writing about people they knew. I could see why it made her angry, she probably wanted to get her side of the story in, before anyone judges her. I liked Cyn's book, I feel a lot of people didn't, but I did, showed me a whole other side of John.
As for Jane, I think she should right a book. I never heard why she and Paul broke up, from either of them.
She didn't age very well, to much plastic surgery it seems!
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I liked Cynthia's book as well, DSL. I like hearing the female perspective on why they did what they did, and how they perceived it.
Jane and Paul broke up over me. Sorry to break it to you this way, but it was time: August tell-all month. John (and you) are right: I should write a book. Mine will be titled, "I Was Only There to Walk Martha, and Look What Happened!"
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
I should write a book. Mine will be titled, "I Was Only There to Walk Martha, and Look What Happened!" That was so funny! I would be the first to buy it
~Floating down the stream of time, from life to life with me~
Four Lads Who Stole the World's Heart and Never Gave it Back
Octie thought of a good Geroge book title "S.I.G.H" stands for So Into Geroge Harrison
But about the Pattie book- I want to read it! I have always wanted to know what was happening between George and the woman whom he loved so much... the one that even after he she said no he kept on trying... the one he was so shy of telling her... and then what?
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"I probably will read it, biographies are always more interesting when the author was actually there, writing about people they knew. I could see why it made her angry, she probably wanted to get her side of the story in, before anyone judges her."
Does anyone care about Pattie Boyd? She has been little more than a footnote in the Beatle saga. She's going to bring more attention to all that weirdness than anything by writing a book. The reality, at least from the excerpt was 'Me Me Me'. She sounds proud of the fact that she was in the middle of two of the '60s biggest icons, not like she's trying to sway anyone. Who knows? Who cares? That book will be in the $1.99 bin about one month after its published.
What time does the Bus leave?
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I like Olivia better than Pattie...but that's just me!
Not just you, DSL. But George was a lot older when he met Olivia. It's really amazing that anyone stays together when they get together so young. They met when Pattie was 19 and George was 20. They married at 21 and 22. People do a lot of changing as they grow up. Even if you love each other, sometimes you just find up that you end up as two very different adult people without much in common. Based on the excerpt from the book, that sounds like what happened between P&G. No one traumatic incident, just a steady moving apart.
Edited to add: I think quite a lot of people care, 834. For one thing, it's a Beatles-related book by someone who wasn't a chauffeur or the third-assistant manager of the guy who used to run their downtown office and saw them twice at a party. Second, as the person who initiated the whole Maharishi adventure, she's more than a footnote. And finally, I think a lot of women will be keen to hear a woman's perspective on the situation.
Of course, if the book is a disappointment, it deserves to end up in the $1.99 bin. But I'm curious and eager to hear what she has to say.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
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That was so funny! I would be the first to buy it 
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