Loving Amy: A Mother's StoryMacmillan, 12 ene 2016 - 304 páginas “Amy was one of those rare people who made an impact . . . She was a bundle of emotions, at times adorable and at times unbearable. . . . Amy’s passing did not follow a clear line. It was jumbled, and her life was unfinished—not life’s natural order at all. She left no answers, only questions, and in the years since her death I’ve found myself trying to make sense of the frayed ends of her extraordinary existence.” |
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... daughter I'd raised were slowly being wiped away. In the past she'd have gone out of her way to get to me, wherever I was, but as her addictions took hold she became less reliable, less able to organize herself without an army of people ...
... thinking pragmatically about your own daughter's addiction is one of the hardest things a mother can do. I worked as a pharmacist until my MS forced me to take early retirement, so my medical background helped me to see 11 PROLOGUE.
... daughter achieve the success and recognition she desperately wanted. But soon that private and intense bond between us became public property. Amy's entire life became public property and I guess, as a family, we were always in tow ...
... addict and a young woman who hurtled towards an untimely death. To me, though, she is simply Amy. She was my daughter and my friend, and she will be with me for ever. This page intentionally left blank 1 Hurricane Amy made a 15 PROLOGUE.
... children, it was that. My own grandmother, Deborah, who was an Eastern European Jewish immigrant, left her husband and had come to London from Newcastle penniless and with three daughters. My mother, Esther Richman, 23 HURRICANE AMY.
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17 | |
33 | |
3 Dads Gone Can We Get a Hamster? | 50 |
4 We Three | 63 |
5 Take The Box | 80 |
6 Frank | 96 |
7 Headline Honey | 113 |
13 Island In The Sun | 208 |
14 Drinkin Again | 224 |
15 Leader of the Pack | 241 |
16 Time Out for Tears | 258 |
Life After Amy | 275 |
Some Information about the Amy Winehouse Foundation | 293 |
Other Useful Contacts | 295 |
Acknowledgements | 297 |
8 Puttin On The Ritz | 130 |
9 Behind the Beehive | 145 |
10 Fly Me To The Moon | 161 |
11 Two Steps Forward One Step Back | 178 |
12 Maybe | 194 |
Picture Acknowledgements | 299 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 301 |
Photos | 302 |