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eeehhhhh....ummmm. I just read this book. I love Stevie Nicks- but i realize that in her heyday she was probably a coked out bitch on wheels. That said, the writing in this book is awful, and I have a hard time believing that Carol Ann was the dumbass country bumpkin that she paints herself to be. Everyone in the book "turned ghostly white" and it was ALL SO SHOCKING!!! She never misses an opportunity to talk about how beautiful and sexy she was -all the while never even realizing it! "OMG I am going to stand in the middle of these bright lights and go all marilyn monroe on this fan and convince myself that everyone in the audience stopped staring at stevie to look at little ol' me!" Puke. She tried so hard to convince herself throughout the book that Lindsey wanted nothing to do with stevie -which may have even be true-but she didn't believe it for a second. All the talk of " beautiful insanity" and whatever other terrible metaphores she came up with made me cringe-she HATES these people-I can see right through her writing. Girlfriend is bitter!
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Being a fan of Lindsay Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac only in the last several years, I was interested in what he was like in the band's heyday and this book delivered. He seems very much of an enigma and I learned so much about him from the author's stories. She didn't seem to have a hidden agenda for this book, which I appreciated. This book does not give much information about the band, however, which I didn't think it would, but for those of you buying it for that reason, don't. It basically told me one thing about Fleetwood Mac "back in the day." That is that they did a LOT of drugs. I haven't ever read a book written like this before, from someone so intimately connected to a celebrity that I was interested in, and finished it in just a few days. If you are a fan of Lindsay Buckingham, I say this is a "must read."
Rating: -
I was looking forward to an insider's look into the world of Fleetwood Mac and instead I got a look at my own life. Actually, I should clarify that and say it was my life of 10 years ago. I can identify with each and every phase Carol Ann Harris went through with Lindsey Buckingham. The sudden and inexplicable temper explosions resulting in physical beatings. Carol Ann endured those at the hands of Lindsey and although some of the other reviewers are doubting her truthfulness, I have to believe her when reading about all the other physical symptoms she suffered. The panic attacks, the absolute numbness to any feeling after being nearly choked to death, going back to Lindsey repeatedly because she was sure she had done something to cause the violence.
It takes a tremendous amount of strength to leave a relationship where you become caught up in the cycle of abuse and reconciliation. Carol Ann was dependent on Lindsey for room and board, a fabulous lifestyle, and even love...when she could forget the torture. She got out, made her own life, never gave any interviews and has only now spoken about this. Some people may ask why she felt the need to unburden herself. I say, Lindsey should have thought of that when he was dragging her by the hair as he drove away from Christine McVie's house (a bit of violence witnessed by Christine, by the way.)
The book is well written and does give some great Fleetwood Mac moments, aside from the nightmares with Lindsey.
Rating:  -
Let's put aside the questions of Ms. Harris's accuracy and of her (probable) resentment of Stevie Nicks. What bothered me about this book can be summarized in one word: MELODRAMA.
For Ms. Harris, she was the heroine of every scene, and to that end, she makes sure that ALL those scenes are Full!Of!Tension! Whether good or bad, each episode comes with its own pile of cliches and superlatives. One of the most egregiously excessive moments comes when Ms. Harris and Lindsey Buckingham are throwing a barbeque at their house for the Mac "family." Since Mr. Buckingham has just finished His Magnum Opus, the couple is afraid that once the rest of the band finds out how Radical and New this work is, they'll piss on him. This party is meant to be their last hurrah before they're attacked by the band. Waiting for her guests, Ms. Harris compares the two of them to prisoners on death row. Twice. Yes, really.
No one seems to have told Ms. Harris that you can't cry wolf for a hundred pages and then expect the reader to believe you when things get truly tough.
I am pretty convinced Lindsey Buckingham was a rough ride, for all the cash and blow. I am sure she loved her boyfriend as much as she could, but I don't buy for a second that she was as naive or as devoted as she claims; nor do I buy the idea that their lives, however crazy, were worth all this kerfuffle. What I do buy is the story she doesn't seem to know she's telling: the story of a bunch of rich, talented, lucky, selfish, infantile twits. And I include her in that group.
Overall, a trainwreck on many levels.
Rating: -
If you are looking for an insite into Carol Ann Harris and her self promotion, then this is your book. If you are into a true picture of the Fleetwood Mac crew SAVE your money. There is hardly anything new that we did not already know.
Jerry Wood
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