Dandelion (Paperback)

Born to an abusive speed-freak mother and alcoholic father, Catherine James found herself in a Southern California orphanage by the time she was 12. Later, she discovered a new family in the blooming 1960s rock world, making friends with Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and Jackson Browne. After relocating to the bohemian Mecca of Greenwich Village, James, still only a teenager, quickly become a model, addict, and party girl. Her memoir, written with simple efficiency, neither condemns nor aggrandizes her hedonistic lifestyle, but merely captures how a lost little girl, with plenty of self-confidence and nothing to lose, survived and even thrived during the golden era of rock & roll. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.