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Neon Angel
by Cherie Currie
What a depressing read! I had to force myself to finish - something I have NEVER said before in regards to a rock memoir. Usually a rock memoir is the equivalent of eating a candy bar - short and sweet and makes you slightly ill afterwards because you knew it wasn't good for you.
I read Joan Jett's memoir a while ago and wanted to compare and contrast her book with Cherie's. Oh Cherie. Poor Cherie. Maybe it's because I have a 16 yr old daughter and the bulk of this book takes places during Cherie's years of 15-18 but all of Cherie's story made me SO SAD. ALL THE SADS! Her neglectful mother, her alcoholic father, the bullies at school, getting ripped off by the record company & Kim Fowley and ALL THE RAPES.....yikes. It was hard to finish because I kept dreading what would come next. Not the feeling you want to have when reading a supposedly fun book.
I was glad to read in her epilogue that she seems ok now but jeez, that was a rough road to get there.
I read Joan Jett's memoir a while ago and wanted to compare and contrast her book with Cherie's. Oh Cherie. Poor Cherie. Maybe it's because I have a 16 yr old daughter and the bulk of this book takes places during Cherie's years of 15-18 but all of Cherie's story made me SO SAD. ALL THE SADS! Her neglectful mother, her alcoholic father, the bullies at school, getting ripped off by the record company & Kim Fowley and ALL THE RAPES.....yikes. It was hard to finish because I kept dreading what would come next. Not the feeling you want to have when reading a supposedly fun book.
I was glad to read in her epilogue that she seems ok now but jeez, that was a rough road to get there.