Don in Runway Runaway

[Fan_For_Life]

Hasn't everyone with any fleeting Henley affiliation claimed to be the inspriation for a song or two? Thank you for the update though; I'll have to investigate.

I usually don't sit and read a book and actually finish it. In all fairness I skimmed over everything that didn't involve Don or Steve Clark. I'm going to try to read it again though and give it a fair read as far as her individual experience goes.

On the note of Glenn video survivor... no personal computer so not sure if I'll be able to contribute much to it.

[sodascouts]

No personal computer... YIKES! Hope that situation is remedied soon!

[sodascouts]

Well, I just got through reading this and FFL wasn't kidding, he definitely gets good ink in the first part! Apparently he was a confidant even after the relationship ended, and they became kind of "friends with benefits." His lovemaking comes off as romantic and the portrayal definitely works to counteract some of the rather unsavory mentions of him elsewhere. There's also a cute picture of him with her in there from 1982 and an outtake from the One of These Nights album shoot which I hadn't seen before.

She claims to have written the line "Sometimes to keep it together, you've got to leave it alone" and indeed she is thanked in the liner notes, so I see no reason to doubt her.

Here's the highlights. She met Don when she was 15 at a party, and they became lovers when she was 16 during the making of One of These Nights. She interested him by playing hard-to-get and before long she was living with him in the house he shared with Glenn (who was then dating Playboy bunny Lynn Schiller). They were boyfriend/girlfriend for about a year, when she became pregnant with his baby and he paid for her abortion. After that, they kind of drifted apart, but continued to be friends. He paid for her stay in the hospital after she got hepatitis from a boyfriend and often called to check up on her over the next six years. Occasionally they would hook up, right up until 1982 when he got engaged.

His last mention in the book is when she was having a difficult time with her then-husband Steve Clark who was killing himself with booze and drugs. Don was in the midst of recording The End of the Innocence. She says they met up and he showed her his home. She felt that old chemistry but when he started cracking open beer after beer and showed signs of being high on cocaine, it reminded her of Steve and she had to walk away.

As I mentioned above, the love scenes with Don read like a romance novel. Apparently he treated her right. We get two detailed if short scenes, one from when they broke up in 1976 and one from just before Don breaks the news of his engagement to her in 1982. Smokin'! Sample: "He placed his face against my waist, kissing me and inhaling the scent of my skin...." You get the idea.

Glenn also gets another mention post-seventies. She was working in Tokyo when he was touring there for No Fun Aloud and he hit on her, but she refused out of loyalty to Don. She also adds that she "wasn't his type" but somehow I doubt that a beautiful model isn't his type - at least for a hook up, lol. She has impressive restraint!

[dianemaddox]

Gotta love a come-from-nowhere and claw-your-way-up kinda girl.

[DonFan]

As I mentioned above, the love scenes with Don read like a romance novel. Apparently he treated her right. We get two detailed if short scenes, one from when they broke up in 1976 and one from just before Don breaks the news of his engagement to her in 1982. Smokin'! Sample: "He placed his face against my waist, kissing me and inhaling the scent of my skin...." You get the idea.

I believe I will have to go get that book, immediately!

[AmarilloByMorning]

I believe I will have to go get that book, immediately!

LOL. By contrast, that is markedly outside my bailiwick, so I greatly appreciate the summary! Thanks for posting.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I'm probably going to be checking this one out. too. I love to read anything I can find about any of the guys, especially those juicy parts.

[TimothyBFan]

Any of you that have read this--I was just wondering how much is in the book about Steve Clark? Is there quite a bit about their life together and his death?

[Fan_For_Life]

The second half of the book is about her and Steve's relationship. After reading it just about all the way through, word for word, she's very strong person to have gone through all she went through. Can't imagine the pain of watching the one you love destroy themselves and not much you can do about it. I give her lots of respect and can see how I didn't give her much credit the first time around having only looked for familiar names.

[Peekaboo]

My first thoughts after reading the highlights that Soda posted... DANG!!! I must read that book!!!