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Title: Besmirching the Memory
Review: I really wish I had not read this book. Surely Dusty MUST have had a happy day in her life, yet as seen through the eyes of Wickham and Valentine, she comes across as the most tragic of divas. Her music WAS the soundtrack to my adolescence and early adulthoood and will always remain a big part of my life. While I knew early on (1969) all about her sexual orientation and what a burden it must have been for her, it seems the authors are bent on exposing every aspect of her ill-fated relationships. Then to proceed to show her always in a negative light: her bouts with substance abuse, her bipolar disorder, etc., just adds insult to injury. There is truly a flood of tears on every page. Better to have let Dusty retain the mystique she worked so hard to project. With "friends" like Wickham and Valentine, who are making big bucks telling sordid and tragic tales...well...who needs enemies? Dusty must be spinning in her grave. Shame. Shame.
