Once a rock star, always a rock star...Maggie Morgan never wanted to be a rock star. Shy but talented, she just wanted to sing -- and prove her doubters wrong, including herself.Partnering with her lover, the self-destructive guitarist Aaron Fields, Maggie led the Four Furies as they conquered the 1970s rock scene in Los Angeles. Her peerless, pitch-perfect voice captivated millions of fans, while the Four Furies' songs revealed the drama of her combustible relationship with Aaron, one spiked with affairs, obsession, ...
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Once a rock star, always a rock star...Maggie Morgan never wanted to be a rock star. Shy but talented, she just wanted to sing -- and prove her doubters wrong, including herself.Partnering with her lover, the self-destructive guitarist Aaron Fields, Maggie led the Four Furies as they conquered the 1970s rock scene in Los Angeles. Her peerless, pitch-perfect voice captivated millions of fans, while the Four Furies' songs revealed the drama of her combustible relationship with Aaron, one spiked with affairs, obsession, addiction -- and plenty of revenge.But rock stardom meant nothing to Maggie when she discovered she was pregnant while her relationship with Aaron was crumbling. Maggie cemented her legend by breaking up the Four Furies in the most rock and roll way. Then she went straight. She began earning her success slowly and steadily as an interior decorator and raised her son Sage as a single mom in the Chicago suburbs. And she never sang another note.Fast forward twenty years. Sage reunites with his father, Aaron, now clean and sober and the proprietor of a holistic retreat center in the Wisconsin countryside. Of course Maggie won't let Sage fall under the spell of Aaron. But if Maggie wants to maintain a relationship with her son, she'll have to make peace with Aaron -- and her complicated past.I NEVER WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR is the compelling story of an introvert's ambition, fears, and resilience set amid the chaotic world of 70s rock stardom and the rural idyll of Wisconsin's Kickapoo Valley.LISA KAISER is a recovering journalist in Wisconsin. She coauthored three nonfiction books about shy people: Shyness: A Bold New Approach; The Shyness Breakthrough; and Shyness: The Ultimate Teen Guide. This is her first novel. For more information, go to lisakaiserthewriter.com.
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