^^
I agree - much of it likely is hyperbole - or, as Mark Twain would say, the "truth with some stretchers"
I do think, however, how she presents herself in the book is most telling.
I also find it telling that she includes so much of La Nicks in it. I get that La Nicks was a force majeure in the story, but I have to wonder how it would have sold if she limited the comments on La Nicks. In other words, she seems in many excerpts to agree that La Nicks was the center around which all revolved. I have not read the whole thing though - so maybe that is a false perception.