And I Don't Want to Live This Life And I Don't Want to Live This Life

And I Don't Want to Live This Life

A Mother's Story of Her Daughter's Murder

    • 4.7 • 158 Ratings
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Publisher Description

 “Honest and moving . . . Her painful tale is engrossing.”—Washington Post Book World

For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel, it was both a relief and a tragedy. Here is the incredible story of an infant who never stopped screaming, a toddler who attacked people, a teenager addicted to drugs, violence, and easy sex, a daughter completely out of control—who almost destroyed her parents’ marriage and the happiness of the rest of her family.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
1984
June 12
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
9.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Lexielexieweddinglexie ,

The ignored perspective we all need to learn

This book is so raw, sad, emotional, yet hopeful and inspiring. The way the author portrays her pain is so profound and real. She describes life in a relatable way, yet shows us the other side that we often overlook. People are so quick to judge. This story reminded me that all people deserve empathy, and that the pain inflicted on us from those we love is often a reflection of the pain they feel that we don’t consider. It is a well-worded and powerful statement from a mother who lost her daughter, and the surrounding circumstances that compounded her suffering. Definitely worth the read.

meecepeece ,

This Book is Honest and Well Written

However I do not feel as others do in that I view Nancy as having been an extremely smart, and very good person inside. She just has a mental disorder and that is the many Drs faults that her mother sought out, who never helped them, dismissed them. Also the fact that she lived music and Rock n Roll and drugs have nothing to DO with being mentally ill. Tons of mentally sound individuals love punk and Rock and drugs and the underground life. Nancy had other, not connected to that issues. She needed real medical help her family was denied. I felt bad for them both, not just her mother. And I believe her and Sid were truly in love and that he did not murder her on purpose, if he even did, maybe he did not. New evidence suggests cops botched the investigation anyway. This book is very moving, but don't for one min think I am on the side of the Nancy hating masses.

schoenbergersm ,

Good read

It was nice to hear this side of the story.

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