Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me by Pattie Boyd (English

Description: Wonderful Tonight by Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor An iconic figure of the 1960s and 70s, Boyd breaks a 40-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 20th century and became the most famous muse in the history of rock and roll. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the first time, rock musics most famous muse tells her incredible story "A charming, lively and seductive book . . . The appeal of Wonderful Tonight is as self-evident as the seemingly simple but brash opening chord of A Hard Days Night."—The New York Times Book Review Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, finally breaks a forty-year silence 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 legendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman who inspired Harrisons song "Something" and Claptons anthem "Layla," Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking—and totally honest. Author Biography PATTIE BOYD is an acclaimed photographer whose exhibition Through the Eyes of a Muse recently toured two continents. She lives in West Sussex, England. Review "[T]he appeal of Wonderful Tonight is as self-evident as the seemingly simple but brash opening chord of A Hard Days Night… a charming, lively and seductive book, and like all good memoirs it also works as a cultural history… The prose is clear and unpretentious, and although she writes candidly about the pain her husbands infidelities caused her…this isnt a bitter tell-all. Theres an aura of sweetness around Boyds approach."—New York Times Book Review"A scrumptious memoir…There is exactly one big question for Ms. Boyd to answer here: What made her leave Mr. Harrison for Mr. Clapton, her husbands close friend? To its credit the book answers that question plausibly and fully." —The New York Times"They say if you can remember the 60s, you werent really there. Well, Pattie Boyd was there, and she remembers it all." Wonderful Tonight "is a unique gospel of a turbulent time by someone who was in the very eye of the rock n roll hurricane." —Sydney Morning Herald"Pattie Boyd married two Sixties legends and inspired three of the eras greatest love songs, but life was far from glamorous. The ex-wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton speaks out in this compelling autobiography." —The London Sunday Times"There are so many wonderful stories in Pattie Boyds life: Falling in love with a Beatle. Falling in love with another famous rock star, Eric Clapton, and being serenaded with Wonderful Tonight . . . "But there is much that is excruciating in her life story." Boyd "was taught by her parents that she didnt deserve to be loved; she was told by her husbands that she wasnt worth very much, but here she is: not dead, not on drugs, not an alcoholic, but a survivor."—London Daily Mail "Will thrill classic-rock buffs with a taste for scandal."—Entertainment Weekly"Boyd finally answers some of those questions [about George Harrison and Eric Clapton]–but on her own terms." —USA Today"Sixties model Pattie Boyd opens up about her rocky relationships with two of musics most famed performers." —Harpers Bazaar Review Quote "[T]he appeal of Wonderful Tonight is as self-evident as the seemingly simple but brash opening chord of A Hard Days Night… a charming, lively and seductive book, and like all good memoirs it also works as a cultural history… The prose is clear and unpretentious, and although she writes candidly about the pain her husbands infidelities caused her…this isnt a bitter tell-all. Theres an aura of sweetness around Boyds approach." - New York Times Book Review "A scrumptious memoir…There is exactly one big question for Ms. Boyd to answer here: What made her leave Mr. Harrison for Mr. Clapton, her husbands close friend? To its credit the book answers that question plausibly and fully." - The New York Times "They say if you can remember the 60s, you werent really there. Well, Pattie Boyd was there, and she remembers it all." Wonderful Tonight "is a unique gospel of a turbulent time by someone who was in the very eye of the rock n roll hurricane." - Sydney Morning Herald "Pattie Boyd married two Sixties legends and inspired three of the eras greatest love songs, but life was far from glamorous. The ex-wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton speaks out in this compelling autobiography." - The London Sunday Times "There are so many wonderful stories in Pattie Boyds life: Falling in love with a Beatle. Falling in love with another famous rock star, Eric Clapton, and being serenaded with Wonderful Tonight . . . "But there is much that is excruciating in her life story." Boyd "was taught by her parents that she didnt deserve to be loved; she was told by her husbands that she wasnt worth very much, but here she is: not dead, not on drugs, not an alcoholic, but a survivor." - London Daily Mail "Will thrill classic-rock buffs with a taste for scandal." - Entertainment Weekly "Boyd finally answers some of those questions [about George Harrison and Eric Clapton]but on her own terms." -USA Today "Sixties model Pattie Boyd opens up about her rocky relationships with two of musics most famed performers." -Harpers Bazaar From the Hardcover edition. Excerpt from Book Chapter 1 One Childhood in Kenya My earliest memory is of sitting in a high chair spitting out spinach--strange for someone who turned into such a passionate foodie. In my late teens I became determined to improve the experience, even enjoy it, and today spinach is one of my favorite vegetables--but it has to be right: steamed, chopped, and mixed with double cream, white pepper, and nutmeg. Delicious. Raw in a salad, its even better. But at the age of two I couldnt get the repellent dark green mess out of my mouth fast enough. I was living in Scotland, at a house in West Lothian my grandparents had bought when I was a year old in 1945. We lived with them at that time, and my mother remembers the move from Somerset: taking me on a train--in an ordinary carriage, as she puts it--with all our belongings, and the embarrassment of having to feed me during the journey amid a group of soldiers. I was her first child, of six, and she was a young, nervous mother. Shortly after we arrived in Scotland my brother Colin was born. He is almost exactly two years younger than I am and I remember examining him when he was a baby and noticing that there was a small difference between us. He was a huge baby, and as soon as he could walk he followed me everywhere. Another early memory is of holding a stick in my hand and telling Colin to pick up a wasp I could see stuck in the crack between some paving stones and delighting in the howls that followed. I am told I also tried to feed him with a petrol capsule--the sort used to fill lighters. It looked like a miniature babys bottle, so I pushed it into his mouth and the poor little thing had burns all over his lips. I dont remember that episode but I do remember trying to kill him by burying him in the sandpit in the garden. Luckily my mother noticed in the nick of time and rescued him. My parents were living at Howleigh House, near Taunton in Somerset, when I was born. My mother and her twin brother, John, had spent most of their childhood there. They had been born in India but sent to boarding school in England at the age of eight, and in the holidays they stayed with an aunt at Howleigh House. Their father, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander E. Drysdale, DSO, MC, was in the Indian army, and Vivian, his wife, a rather exotic figure with a penchant for pink gin, visited England and the twins about twice a year. So sad, but Vivian had also been born in India and shipped home to be educated in England, so history was repeating itself. I never knew my great-grandfather but he sounds splendid. His name was Alexander Stuart-Martin and he was also born near Lucknow, in India--in 1870. He fought in the Indian Mutiny and the British government rewarded him for his bravery with indigo and sugar plantations, which made him wealthy. He, too, was educated in England, as most colonials were, then became an engineer and built many of the bridges and railways in India. It was on a trip to England that he met and married the beautiful Elizabeth Sabin, who, unusually for those times, was a divorc Details ISBN0307407837 Author Penny Junor Short Title WONDERFUL TONIGHT Language English ISBN-10 0307407837 ISBN-13 9780307407832 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Year 2008 Birth 1944 Subtitle George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me DOI 10.1604/9780307407832 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2008-05-27 NZ Release Date 2008-05-27 US Release Date 2008-05-27 UK Release Date 2008-05-27 Pages 336 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 2008-05-27 Imprint Random House Inc Illustrations 1 16-PG 4-C INSERT AND 19 PIECES OF B&W ART Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:43650216;

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