Linda McCartney
Danny Fields(Author)
Time Warner Paperbacks (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-7515-2985-2 (ISBN)
Description
Linda McCartney died of breast cancer in April 1998. This biography by a friend of over 30 years offers to bring the whole Linda McCartney into view. In 1969, when Linda Eastman married the world's most eligible bachelor, The Beatles' Paul McCartney people said it wouldn't last. Yet it lasted nearly 30 years. How did they do it? What was the nature of their commitment, and what made it so strong? Was it indeed as "idyllic" as the press has defined it. In their own words, Linda and Paul reveal to Danny Fields how a romance given a poor chance of survival, flourished until Linda's death. Interviews with the couple, with friends, family and stars of the world they lived in, and the perspective of a 30-year intense friendship have gone into the writing of the book, intended to both inform and inspire.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is most alive in its depiction of the New York stamping ground of the young Linda, its drugs, parties and freedoms, the sloughing off of old responsibilities- and their swift replacement by a new elitism and the new snobberies of the pop aristocracy represented by the McCartneys.' THE TIMESMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
16 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-2985-2 (9780751529852)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Danny Fields has been a constant presence on the pop-culture scene since 1966, the year he met the future Linda McCartney. Fields has worked in both the music and magazine industry and has long been on the nominating committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.