When Mackenzie was a teenager, Hollywood and the world took notice of the charming, talented, precocious child actor after her star-making turn in American Graffiti. As a young woman she joined the non-stop party in the hedonistic pleasure dome her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, created for himself and his fellow revelers. By the time Mackenzie discovered how deep and dark her father's trip was going, it was too late. And as an adult, she has paid dearly for a lifetime of excess, working ...
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When Mackenzie was a teenager, Hollywood and the world took notice of the charming, talented, precocious child actor after her star-making turn in American Graffiti. As a young woman she joined the non-stop party in the hedonistic pleasure dome her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, created for himself and his fellow revelers. By the time Mackenzie discovered how deep and dark her father's trip was going, it was too late. And as an adult, she has paid dearly for a lifetime of excess, working tirelessly to reconcile a wonderful, terrible past in which she succumbed to the power of addiction and the pull of her magnetic father. The actor-musician-mother shares her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions. She overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles again and again and journeys toward redemption and peace. By exposing the shadows and secrets of the past to the light of day, the star who turned up High on Arrival has finally come back down to earth - to stay.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. jacket in plastic cover, flaps taped to copy; copy has usual library markings. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 292 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color. Audience: General/trade.
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Used Good in Good jacket. Dust Jacket has some edge and corner wear, some scuffing, but still intact. Front and back covers have very slight edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
Arrived on time in excellent condition. The book itself is an honest and stratightforward account of a devastating life with no excuses being made for behaviors. Well written and graphic.
thehound
Nov 12, 2009
Unbelievable. A very good book, the way she picked herself up after what went on in her life is amazing. It would have killed me!!!
