Just Skimmed Through STORMS

[Betsy]

p. 32 "... Lindsey had a power and a purity that shone in its brigthness. And I knew that I would do everything within my power to protect him. Suddently words rang out in my mind with the clarity of a church bell: I'll never do anything that will come between Lindsey and his music...

...No matter what it might cost me personally."
I think that pretty much sums up the book. She put him first.

The book took a turn for me when Carol Ann gets sick in Paris. From that point on, I felt more sympathetic towards her.

To read about anyone's abuse, be it physical or psychological, is sad and disturbing. I don't want to quote those passages... but here is a passage that explained the pain that went on in this relationship...and I found it haunting.

p. 85 "This time I was joining my life with that of the man I loved and embarking on a future that held almost everything that a young woman could want: love excitement, travel, fame, money, and rock 'n' roll. That this future would also hold a darkness that would scar my life forever was beyond my comprehension."

There is the old 2-12 rule in life...you treat me nice, I tell 2 people, you treat me bad, I tell 12. She is definitely hurt and maybe she did find peace after writing the book. She turned it over to the publisher to be the judge, (i.e. if the story should be sold to the masses.)

My opinions about her and the subject matter changed many times as I read the book...the final one was just sadness... but happy that she and everyone else survived. (Many other rock 'n' roll artisits didn't.)

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The Ledge is really slow and acting strangely...maybe a server problem?