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Wonderful Tonight
Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me | Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor
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An iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, Pattie Boyd breaks a forty-year silence in Wonderful Tonight, and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most famous muse in the history of rock and roll. She met the Beatles in 1964 when she was cast as a schoolgirl in A Hard Days Night. Ten days later a smitten George Harrison proposed. For twenty-year-old Pattie Boyd, it was the beginning of an unimaginably rich and complex life as she was welcomed into the Beatles inner circlea circle that included Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, Jeff Beck, and a veritable whos who of rock musicians. She describes the dynamics of the group, the friendships, the tensions, the musicmaking, and the weird and wonderful memories she has of Paul and Linda, Cynthia and John, Ringo and Maureen, and especially the years with her husband, George. It was a sweet, turbulent life, but one that would take an unexpected turn, starting with a simple note that began dearest l. I read it quickly and assumed that it was from some weirdo; I did get fan mail from time to time.... I thought no more about it until that evening when the phone rang. It was Eric [Clapton]. Did you get my letter?... And then the penny dropped. Was that from you? I said....It was the most passionate letter anyone had ever written me. For the first time Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, a high-profile model whose face epitomized the swinging London scene of the 1960s, a woman who inspired Harrisons song Something and Claptons anthem Layla, has decided to write a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreakingand totally honest and open and breathtaking. Here is the truth, here is what happened, here is the story youve been waiting for. From the Hardcover edition.
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TheKidUpstairs
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#AudioCooking

Trying again to enter the world of audio books with this short autobiography. So far so good, and it's nice to have something to listen to while I cook.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜💜💜 7y
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Reita325
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You‘d think someone who was married to George Harrison and Eric Clapton would write a more interesting memoir. This serves as a cautionary tale of not being independent of your partner.

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What better book for the prompt #wonderfultonight then the book written by the inspiration for the song? Boyd was married to George Harrison and to Eric Clapton, and her entanglements resulted in several songs by the two artists. I really wanted to read this when it first came out about 10 years ago (despite not growing up during this age in music, my parents raised me on music from the ‘60s and ‘70s), but never found the time to read it. #decdays

Cinfhen Oooh!!! Definitely WANT to read this 🎶🖤🙌🏻🏆thanks for posting & sharing 7y
Librarybelle @Cinfhen You bet! 🙂 7y
DivineDiana @Librarybelle @Cinfhen I did read this! It was a fascinating sneak peak into the lives of some very famous rock stars! 💗 7y
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Cinfhen Good to know!!! Thanks @DivineDiana 7y
Librarybelle Sounds good @DivineDiana ! Thank you! 7y
dariazeoli This was an interesting read, and the ebook is on sale for 1.99 right now! 7y
Librarybelle Very good to know, @dariazeoli ! Thanks! 7y
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It looks like Pattie Boyd Harrison used a collaborator to write this book. If so, it reads like it was written free-hand from Pattie's diary. Lots of spelling & grammar mistake and the plot jumps around A LOT! But if you was to know what it was like living with the Beatles from the beginning and being a muse to George Harrison and Eric Clapton, it's worth it. Her story reflects the innocence of the time, even though both men cheated on her. 👍🏻