I did not BUY the book, I did not READ the book, I am not a FAN of 'what's-her-name', and I think she is a spoiled rotten, rich slob!

Ok, you guys convinced me. I'm not going to BUY the book, I'm not going to READ the book, I'm not a FAN of what's her name and I agree.....She's a spoiled, rich, SNOB!

I have to agree with Jamie on this review. The book was well-written, but I learned some horrible things about LeAnn. I was on the border of fan/disliker, and this book pushed me to the disliker side. LeAnn talks about ex-classmates as if they were all jealous of her. While some of those ex-classmates have stated that they hated her because she was so snobby about being famous. This book just really makes me feel disgusted that I ever liked LeAnn.

I found this book to be informative. I learned a lot about the singer. I found it amazing how she turned music around with her voice, and how influential she was, and still is today. The book covered a lot of her life. I think the author did a good job of describing Mrs. Cline, and relating to the reader how she was, and how she acted. It left a good impression of the way the singer really was. Why not 5 stars then?...The author got on my nerves at times. The author was a total Cline fan, and painted a picture like she did no wrong, or was justified for doing it. She cheated on her husband, and used her body to get what she wanted out of life. Interesting as the story was, and influential as she was, she had a lot of faults. The author points them out, but the author is too caught up in the singer to give an unbiased view of her actions...or so I thought. If you are a Patsy Cline fan, then this book is very helpful in learning about her life, and things you may not have known about her. Her rise from poverty to star is quite amazing, and she is quite the singer.

I enjoyed the close-in story about Patsy. It's well told, but the abundance of exclamation points made it sound like an elementary school reader. I also was not interested in the author's opinions.

Being a hugh Bonnie Raitt fan one may imagine how excited I was to get this book. It actually is the liner notes from Ms Raitt's albums and various interviews she has given over the years strung together. Some of the text is taken verbatium off of liner notes.

Instead of spending money on this book, just go back and read every review written on Bonnie Raitt's work, and you will get the same information. Mr. Bego offers nothing new and no inside information, no childhood background, no authorization or cooperation from the artist herself. Disappointing.

Half way through reading this book I checked what amazon.com reviewers thought about it and I was very surprised with black-and-white opinions expressed here:seems that people find this book either the best biography ever written (which is not) or the worst biography ever written (which is not).I think that Mr.Bego did loving job,writting about the artist he obviously care for (no dirty sensationalism here) and if he used every available information he could (LP cover lines and so on) I understand that was the only information to be found,in his place I would probably do the same!As the book intrigued me to look for more of Bonnie Raitt's music,it did good job and even if its not the most exciting book ever written,it did provide me with some information about Bonnie which I didnt know before and it make me curious to listen ALL of her albums.Is that "the worst biography ever written" as the previous reviewers think?