Title: Scarred but spectacular!
Product review: With the expansion of opportunities for women today, it is difficult to comprehend how scripted young women's futures still were in the central US in the mid-60's. It was more of a struggle to break out of the mold then than teenagers today are aware of. That Joplin accomplished as much as she did is testimony to her raw determination to do something with the talent that she possessed; that she was unable to avoid the twin pitfalls of alcoholism and addiction only makes her seem more human. Despite its sometimes dry style, Scars of Sweet Paradise provides an important perspective and gives unique insights through interview sources unavailable to previous biographers. Consequently, I found Echols's book more compelling and insightful than either Buried Alive or Pearl.
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