Finished Fr 8/29/14
I read over half, and then skimmed to the end. This was based on a diary that she wrote in the mid 80's, and she re-wrote as an adult. She fairly successfully kept the 'childlike' point of view of an eighteen year old although she was almost forty when she released it.
A rare 'female' perspective to the darker edges of the punk scene, and most definitely worth a look.
Bipolar
Alternative Rock
Pregnancy
Sleazy punk rock scene
Set primarily in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island
Her father is a professor and her step sister, Tanya Donelly, was in THE BREEDERS and BELLY.
She claims to have been involved in a harrowing hit and run when she was on her bicycle. The car was driven by a 'witch', and after the accident, she was able to 'see music'. The best part of the book is when she describes these 'visitations' which continue until she is able to learn the song.
She was actually friends and attended college with 30's movie star, Betty Hutton. Hutton was there trying to kick an addiction to booze and pills. She seemed to add an off-kilter edge to the work. I wasn't really sure that the woman was real, but I saw Hersh in an interview that it all happened and many other readers were equally baffled.
Link to Hersh's observations about Betty
http://www.kristinhersh.com/beautiful-old-betty/
Kristin's link at wikipedia-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Hersh
Tanya Donelly link to wikipedia-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Donelly
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