Belinda Carlisle: Lips Unseeled Biography

[Jondalar]

Did anyone else on The Ledge read this book? I just finished this book. I liked it but I still feel as if she didn't tell everything. Seems like it's missing some details. Maybe that she never shared enough of the happy times. The book sorta made me sad.

Two struggles dominate this book and her life: drug addiction and weight loss. Melinda was a a drug addict and she only quit doing cocaine in 2005, which I was amazed by. Ann Wilson quit cocaine in the 90s and Stevie quit in 1986. I often wonder if Joan Jett ever quit. Stevie gets all the grief from the press for being a drug addict, but she learned her lesson before these women.

I did find out that something I suspected was true. She never took her career that seriously until now. She seemed to be surprised by all her success. I think if she would of gotten off the drugs and got her **** together sooner, she would of had even more success.

Belinda seems to be a very nice woman. She loves her husband and her son. I don't know, I just wish she would of shared more of motherhood in her book. Belinda's son is gay and he is very political and she is right in his corner.

Here are some videos of Belinda with her son. They obviously have a great relationship.