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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze
Yes a lot of fans have said that Harris paints herself as an innocent in it all which is ridiculous.
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I don't think that CAH made herself look innocent in the book. I think she did try to
depict herself that way, even though the result was something quite different.
She made herself seem very passive. She was never an actor. Well, the things she initiated were always the good things -- like taking care of Lindsey. But something like her own drug use just happened to her. It wasn't a choice and she wasn't responsible. She naively fell into it, without realizing the implications. She was basically just a victim throughout and she kind of carefully crafts that image. I rather smile when she describes her life at home with her sisters all reading books quietly, then she is suddenly thrust into this loud, raging, drug world.
She observes and has things happen to her. She doesn't do them. She is not the cause of them. And I just don't believe that anyone is really that much of a bystander in their own lives. Just from the way she made sure that Lindsey knew that Stevie grabbed her (although she wasn't hurt, Stevie was clearly high, and other people around them never knew that anything had happened), I can tell that she was a participant in some of the friction around her. She was trying to make Lindsey go off on Stevie and I'm sure that wasn't the only time, she sparked things among the band and crew. Love to hear those girlfriend tapes she and Sara made.
I get the feeling that she left some of the most juicy part of events (
her part) out of the book.
Anyway, aside from the drug use, what did she describe herself as doing in the book that wasn't innocent? Michele