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The Private John Lennon: The Untold Story from His Sister
by
Julia Baird
"In this moving memoir, John Lennon's sister Julia finally reveals the family's painful, difficult and rare happy times. Here is the inside story of their deep tensions and John's troubled upbringing by his aunt - showing the cruel consequences of five-year-old John being taken from his mother's custody." "Often at dramatic odds with the accepted tale, The P...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
March 28th 2008
by Ulysses Press
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Julia (John's sister) pouring her heart out. Its more about her childhood, growing up and the crazy-dysfunctional Stanley clan than anything, but definitely worth it.
There are plenty of happy childhood memories at start! Their loving mother Julia, time spent with John, warm memories of Cynthia and... plenty of heartbreaking drama. Waaaaay too much drama for one person to have at such a young age: her mother's death, nobody telling them of it for weeks, her & her sister getting removed ...more
There are plenty of happy childhood memories at start! Their loving mother Julia, time spent with John, warm memories of Cynthia and... plenty of heartbreaking drama. Waaaaay too much drama for one person to have at such a young age: her mother's death, nobody telling them of it for weeks, her & her sister getting removed ...more
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Expecting shocking new revelations, there turned out to be only one, which was not that shocking. The author does a good job of detailing Lennon's place in her life as her half-brother. If that is not your interest this book is not for you. Other than John, the Lennon extended family on his mother's side is mostly mundane. The publisher did not revise the UK edition for US publication, thus the British slang, grammar and some spellings remain. Most of them were understandable, but one took me a ...more
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