Product Description

Groundbreaking rock musician. Award winning actress. Perceptive songwriter and author. Mother. Wife of a rock god. Fashionista and trendsetter. Provocateur. In each and every one of these roles Courtney Love has demonstrated a wholehearted commitment to her art, and an intense drive and a lust for life which has made her a star and a celebrity icon but has also led her into some unwise, uncharted and even dangerous territory. Simultaneously candid and enigmatic, her mordant wit and vivid intelligence have been matched in intensity only by the extraordinary life she has led, from a bleak early childhood through great fame and terrible heartbreak to the present day. At times exhilarating and at times unsettling, this is a story told for the first time in Dirty Blonde. Here are the unimaginable highs and the despairing lows of one of the most compelling and creative figures in the world of popular culture: a fierce and insightful woman with an unblinking world view and a determination to express herself no matter the cost.

‘Illuminating . . . A raw and intimate self-portrait of Love’ Mirror

‘Extraordinary and fascinating’ Harper’s Bazaar

‘Dirty Blonde is like Love herself and her other work: determinedly provocative, captivatingly visual, aggressively honest’ Observer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71329 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Harpers Bazaar
`an extraordinary and fascinating scrapbook-style riffle through
the life of the singer, actress and former wife of Kurt Cobain.'

Observer
'Dirty Blonde is like Love herself and her other work:
determinedly provocative, captivatingly visual, aggressively honest.'

Observer
'A striking, occasionally beautiful record of 42 years lived at
full tilt'

Customer Reviews

Courtney Love - talented rock goddess
I received this book by mail this morning and it's been such a great day! The book looks fantastic and expensive (but it didn't cost that much!) and is PACKED with fabulous pictures, notes, lyrics, letters and everything you could wish for as a fan of Courtney Love. As you can expect some parts of the journals were extremely sad, but if you're looking for details on Kurt Cobain's death, and Courtney's mourning and breaking into little pieces you will be disappointed. Actually if you're looking for any tabloid stuff you'll be disapponited. Reading this we find images of dignity, talent, hard work, loving mother and beauty, something the media rarely give Courtney credit for. It feels authentic and real, I enjoy(ed) every word of it.

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This book is worth a read if you're a big fan of Courtney, but I felt it was a bit substance-less, especially after all the raving reviews I've heard from people. Maybe I'm missing something here. The first half of the book from Courtneys days before fame is pretty interesting. On one level it's predictable, the school reports are telling. On another level it's quite warming to see the kind of scribbles a lot of us wrote as teens. However, the further we get into the book the more filled it becomes with pictures 'taped in', rather than writing, which was a let-down for me. You can google 'Courtney Love' and find the same pictures floating about - I was looking for writings and expression. Reading a diary, I was expecting more expression and/or emotion. As I say, this all tails off by the end - perhaps that in itself is telling of Courtney.

To summarise, if you are a big fan of Courtney you will find large parts of this interesting, and it's a plus that it is a beautifully presented book, but ultimately it leaves you wanting more than what you got. However if you're not especially a fan of her and are expecting to get an interesting read this is probably not worth your money.

Great Tribute TO A Star
Courtney Love has a bottom that most women would die for. This book tells us everything we all want to know about Ms Love...she is a real rock star.
A great singer - but I am not so sure about her movies. It is all about her co-stars.
In Sid & Nancy the brilliant Gary Oldman. In The Mayor Of Sunset Strip Kiefer Sutherland - and she gives great performances...but in Julie Johnson she is second-rate as is her co-srar and Shrek lookalike Bill Golodner.
I would love for Courtney to write an official autobiography.