Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

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Product Details

Author : Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780307407832
Number of Pages : 336
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2008-05-27
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Release Date : 2008-05-27

ASIN : 0307407837

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Customer Reviews

Strangely Absent (2008-04-26)

I expected and hoped that Ms. Boyd's book would be full of self-insights, musings and reflections on an unusual life that included growing up in Kenya, boarding schools, parental abandonment, a teenaged high-fashion career, eastern spiritual revivalism, passion and marriages to a couple of 60's music gurus. There is none of that; there is just a mechanical recital of colourless recollections written under the rather embarrassing delusion that the musicians to whom she once played muse were still pining away for her vacuous presence in their lives. Every word on the page is grim evidence to the contrary.

Not Wonderful Tonight (2007-12-07)

Boy, where to start! Ms Boyd really doesn't have much to add to the George Harrison or Eric Clapton stories. Way too much info on her family background and growing up in Africa. Generally, the book is a stream of consciousness narrative that in places flits back and forth between time periods leaving the reader a bit confused. Her difficulty is that she has not done much with her life, aside from doing lunches, dinners, weekends away, homes and gardens, and 'find yourself' retreats. Unfortunately, she seems not to have found herself until the 21st century - a bit late. The main value of the book is its peek (without insight) into the drug and booze-adled life style of of the British '60s music, arts and fashion set(s) which seems to have continued on for decades. The book cannot compare in any way with Cynthia Lennon's 'John'.

Vapid, Shallow... (2007-11-20)

I was greatly looking forward to reading this book, as I have always been fascinated with 60s/70s rock and pop culture. Pattie Boyd, married to two of the era's most iconic musicians, seemed to have an interesting tale to tell. Unfortunately, it's not found here. This is one of the worst autobiographies I have ever read. There's no chronological order and whatever insight she provides is terribly shallow with LOTS of name-dropping and insignificant details. It's also insulting to women...Pattie talks about how George Harrison closed her Harrod's account and she had to beg him to give her $5000 to buy Christmas presents and she also talks about she got bored with her Thames apartment and asked Eric Clapton to buy her a country cottage to use on the weekends. After he gives her a budget (of £300,000) she then has the gull to ask him to foot the repair/remodelling bill as well!!! Ugh...imo, Pattie came across as nothing more than brainless arm candy. She's not a sympathetic character, nor is she an interesting character apparently. Save your money.

Great Novel (2007-11-11)

I read this book and it is quite intriguing, simple yet sophisticated at the same time. The characters are far from predictable but not too far-fetched to the realm of impracticalty or impossibility. A well written book. See also "Fluctuating Life" by Joshua Spencer and "Quest for a Dream - A Life Committed to Progress" by Joyce Buchanan. http://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=1425768113&mode=directhttp://www.bookfinder4u.com/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=9768189835&mode=direct

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