title: Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love
author:  Courtney Love 
description: <div><div><div>"Intimate . . .&nbsp;A collage of a life spent in pursuit of validation, fueled by her relentless creativity . . . This book may be the most direct and honest work that&nbsp;Love has done to date." --Jac Chebatoris, <i>Newsweek</i>&nbsp;</div><div><br>"Exhibits a heretofore unappreciated level of self-knowledge." --Rebecca Winters Keegan, <i>Tim</i><i>e</i><i></i><br><i>&nbsp;</i></div><div><div>"This is a pastiche, an assemblage, the most Barthian of texts. Yet it is undeniably a reflection of Love's psyche, confirming that Love's allure lies in her glorious disarray . . . She is not from the starlet factory where they mint Jojos and Rhiannas and other girls who can do that sweet-yet-sexy-yet-a-little-tough thing. She comes from an era when women played their own instruments and wrote their own songs, but she's not one of those Jewel-ish whiners or Sheryl Crow lite rockers. She's the real deal: a grungy girl punk rock star . . . These days, when celebrity is cultivated and managed  la [Jessica and Ashlee Simpson], Courtney Love's feminist status starts to look really radical: No man has ever had that hold on her. Have we seen her be self-promoting? A million times. Have we seen her naked? Sure. But we've never seen her bow down to anyone or anything, including public opinion." --Lisa Levy, <i>Salon</i></div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><div>"An often fascinating document . . . Wade into its depths with caution and you will still get pulled under." --Mikael Wood, <i>Tim</i><i>e</i><i>Out </i><i>N</i><i>e</i><i>w York</i></div><div>&nbsp;</div></div></div></div>
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  Taboo
  
  Jess Michaels
  
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  For Andrea Williamson,  
  one of the nicest friends or fans that a girl could ask for,  
  with much appreciation and affection.  
  And for Michael.  
  The reasons could fill a book in themselves.  
  I’ll just have to recite them to you later.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Chapter One](index_split_003.html#filepos5644)
  
  The Earl of Blackhearth, Nathan Manning, had once considered the…
  
  [Chapter Two](index_split_004.html#filepos31954)
  
  The moment he asked the question, Nathan wished he could…
  
  [Chapter Three](index_split_005.html#filepos57506)
  
  Cassandra stood in her bedroom, staring at the open chest…
  
  [Chapter Four](index_split_006.html#filepos81894)
  
  I hear you saw Cassandra Willows.”
  
  [Chapter Five](index_split_007.html#filepos97350)
  
  Cassandra shut the bedroom door, letting her head rest against…
  
  [Chapter Six](index_split_008.html#filepos119527)
  
  If Cassandra lifted her head from the pillows, she could…
  
  [Chapter Seven]