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Summary: it still makes me cry five times on
Review: this book is beautiful, i cry every time i read it, i never met Jim but through Linda Ashcroft's words i feel like i know him so well. As a huge doors fan i am pleased that Jim is recognised for his love of the classics and the poetry that inspired him, Jim will always be my inspiration in life and Linda Ashcroft's wonderful wonderful book brings him closer to his real fans. A fantastic book, thank you Linda.
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Summary: Back-Door-Man !
Review: I don't know how all these people can say that Linda Ashcroft never had a relationship with Jim Morrison when clearly the film of her swimming in the river is readily available to the public on a Doors video from one of the songs on their first album. So to all you non-believing pricks out there who want to know the truth i'll let you figure out which one it is. This biography is very well written and very emotionally touching. It is a very sweet and caring account of the Jim that most of the public did not know and still seems largely ignorant of. I have read all of the other books on Jim Morrison and this one is definitely at the top of the list. Another thing, pretty much everything Jim wrote or sang about had at least two meanings. What makes you think that LA Woman was ONLY about Los Angeles ? In reality it also means Linda Ascroft...his "little L.A. Woman"...the little 5'3" sweet thing who was his true love. Courson and Kennealy were vultures by comparison, Pam was the only real gold-digger. The only "Fatal Attraction" was Jim's own Romeo-and-Juliet flawed Love for Pamela...that in the end destroyed him...anyone who really knew Jim would know this... he was the victim of his own heart and love... Love was the only thing he believed in, that is why he never owned a house and just traveled from hotel room to hotel room like a nomad. He didn't believe in money or possessions or the "things" of this world. WAKE UP !
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Summary: If you read only one Jim Morrison bio...
Review: I've read them all. Every book written on the life of Jim Morrison has passed through my hands. From the whiny rantings of John Densmore, to the fabricated tales of Jerry Hopkins. I've read them all with an open mind, and reasonable expectations. However, never have I read a book more personal, and more honest, than the one written by Linda Ashcroft. She gives the reader the one thing the others failed to provide; she gives you Jim Morrison, the person. My one gripe-- no photo's. Not even of the author herself, however it does not take away from the book. After reading "Wild Child", I felt I had come the closest I ever would to ever knowing Jim Morrison personally.
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Summary: Gentle Reign
Review: True or not I loved this book, absolutely loved it. It is a love story of such passion on a par with Romeo and Juilet. I was so moved by it that as soon as I finished it, I read it again and I have never done that before!I hope it is true. You would have to be deluding yourself big time if it wasn't, wouldn't you? Strangely enough, when I listen to 'The Crystal Ship' thesedays I always hear 'reign' instead of 'rain'...
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Summary: Quite
Review: I would like to thank jsolinas for raising a very good point, & one that anyone who is now considering purchasing this book should consider: "Wild Child" is a work of, if not total, then major fiction. Ashcroft does a good job of matching up events in the book to the places & events that Morrison was at in a corresponding time frame, however, there are also a number of out & out lies, & I'll give you one of them just to prove my point. Very late in the book, Jim asks Linda to give him a line for a song that he's working on, & she responds w/"Motel money murder madness", a line that, as we all know, would later show up in "L.A. Woman". This takes place in about 1970, according to the book. However, if one goes back & listens to the first poetry tapes that Jim made back in early 1969, you can hear him read that same line in a poem, which logic dictates must have been written even earlier than that, at least a year or two before our dear & talented Pat claims to have become its author herself. Don't get me wrong, I commend the woman for the immense creativity it must have taken to fabricate a story such as this. I just wish it hadn't cost me twenty dollars to find that out.
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Summary: Quite
Review: I would like to thank jsolinas for raising a very good point, & one that anyone who is now considering purchasing this book should consider: "Wild Child" is a work of, if not total, then major fiction. Ashcroft does a good job of matching up events in the book to the places & events that Morrison was at in a corresponding time frame. However, there are also a number of out & out lies, & I'll give you one of them just to prove my point. Very late in the book, Jim asks Linda to give him a line for a song that he's working on, & she responds w/"Motel money murder madness", a line that, as we all know, would later show up in "L.A. Woman". This takes place in about 1970, according to the book. However, if one goes back & listens to the first poetry tapes that Jim made back in early 1969, you can hear him read that same line in a poem, which logic dictates must have been written even earlier than that, at least a year or two before our dear & talented Pat claims to have become its author herself. Don't get me wrong, I commend the woman for the immense creativity it must have taken to fabricate a story such as this. I just wish it hadn't cost me twenty dollars to find that out.
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Summary: Great book... for fiction...
Review: As a biography, I give it no stars. As a work of fiction, I give it four. That evens out to two. This book chronicles the love affair of Jim Morrison and Linda Ashcroft, rock star and anonymous woman. The read is romantic and beautiful... too bad it's apparently fiction. Ashcroft offers a book that is, sadly, a pack of either lies or delusion. Her book's very core conflicts with and flatly contradicts the dual relationships with Pamela Coursen and Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, one of whom extra-legally married to him - a proven testimony that would conflict with Ashcroft's claim that Jim was planning to marry her. She gives no specific dates or landmarks in Jim's life, making vague references to concerts and such events - no one still living (or un-brain-burned) had apparently seen the two together. Supposed thefts deprived her of the alleged material documenting her relationship with Jim. Smells funny, no? Pamela Coursen had many, many witnesses that she was Jim's lover, testimonies from many people. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison has signed documentation alongside testimonies (though fewer than Pamela) that she had a relationship and extra-legal marriage with Jim Morrison. Ashcroft's utter lack of either documentation or witnesses adds to the funny smell, even if you disbelieve all that we know of either woman in Jim's life. As a novel, this book reads well. Sweet and romantic, with an excellent writing style and a pleasant flow. But I found it highly distracting that the author wrote this as a biography, and that I knew that none of this was true. Also, some of the things that Jim allegedly said to her disturbed me, and made me wonder why she would put such things down about/by Jim if she supposedly loved him. If you truly wish to know more about Jim Morrison and women who loved him, I advise you to read both "Strange Days" and "Angels Dance, Angels Die," one about his relationship to Patricia Kennealy-Morrison and one about his relationship to Pamela Coursen. I cannot recommend this as a biography.
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Summary: jim morrison.... mortal....
Review: i have read many books on the doors, and usually find myself asking more about the band. This book basically answers all of my unanswered questions. Jim is revealed by one of his young "girlfriends" who actually got to know the poet quite well... she quotes jim talking about music, and his favorite poets, two of which are ginsberg,and kerouak... mine too! get this book... read it... then read his other books (poetry) i'd start with "The Lords and the New Creatures" --great book... enjoy...
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Summary: You make the call
Review: This book is either a beautiful love story and insightful look at Jim Morrison, or a work of deceiving, manipulative genious. I have read almost every book on Jim Morrison and The Doors and this woman was never mentioned once. Great detail has been given to all of Jim's serious girlfriends in the other books, with no trace of a Linda Ashcroft. However,amazingly, the book is so convincing that I am absolutely torn about what to think. If the book is a fake, I would stand in respectful awe of this author's brilliance. Either way, the book is enjoyable and I recommend it.
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Summary: best book ever written
Review: This is the second review i have done for this book, the first being for the edition that is available in the uk. All i can say is read the book, you will cry, you will smile. I have never been so deeply inspired as i have been by Linda Ashcroft's book. It has everything a true doors fan would want to read about Jim. PLEASE DO ME A FAVOUR and just read it, your life will never be the same again. WONDERFUL BOOK.
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