Memoir of a Free Spirit (St. Martin's Pres) deals with emotional sabotages that seem so outrageous that you swear you must be reading fiction. In her Memoir Catherine James recalls the years of abuse she suffers at the hands of her Hollywood femme fatale mother Diana reads like Mommy Dearest meets Piper Laurie’s character in the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie. Catherine is not out of harm's way until she is finally able to run away from her forever, at the age of 14.Thankfully she is befriended by many wonderful and colorful characters along the way who help shine a brilliant light on her budding spirit, including such very famous folks as Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and Roger Daltrey, to name but a few.From the musically charged ’60s of Los Angeles to Andy Warhol’s Factory in New York to the swinging parties of London and back to the woodsy solitude of Connecticut. Time and time again you are certain the fates will finally cast a favorable light on such a courageous soul. I loved this book, and I recommend it to everyone!
With son Damian
Andy Warhol screentest
with Nico at the Factory
