Late one night I was flipping through the channel guide looking for anything to watch. I came across a just starting movie The Runaways. I knew Joan Jett and Lita Ford were both part of the all-girl rock group and knew one of their songs was "Cherry Bomb". Then I saw Kristen Stewart was playing Joan Jett. I actually laughed out loud. Really? Ridiculous. Now I have to watch just to see what a train wreck this movie was going to be.
And I was so very wrong.
Stewart was absolutely amazing as Jett. Dakota Fanning played Cherie Currie, the lead vocalist and was equally amazing. I was totally blown away by the movie.
That's why I had to read this memoir by Currie.
From what I gather, The Runaways was based on Currie's first edition of the memoir. In her afterword, she states this edition includes a lot more of the bad side of things than her "YA" version. The movie does not include many of the details in this edition, and there are a lot of really, really, awful things that happen to Currie. It almost makes the movie seem fictionalized with how much is left out.
The memoir is not an easy read. These teenage girls grew up way too fast, on the road, unsupervised, and taken advantage of. While Jett and Ford went on to have successful solo careers, Currie's life after the band was a hot mess until she got clean.
I'll be donating this once we return to school!
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