He deserves more respect than the tough talking, basically ignorant reviews he's been receiving on account of this work. Please, Danny, sticks to what you know. Now we have quotes from people who had previously knocked her, but with her death, as so often happens, she has taken on a rosy glow. Thea real Linda, who obviously had an interesting, albeit human, life, lies somewhere in between. Too bad the author fell back on his publicity background and wrote something that could have come straight from MPL Productions.
Real people deserve better.
For someone who claims to have been an intimate friend for more than 30 years, Fields offers none of the insights that are the hallmark of a longtime companion's account. He comes off rather like a male armpiece, and not someone who knew the woman on any deep level. If this is a memoriam, it falls far short of the quality one hoped for. Since it may be the only biography written about Lady Linda, one feels for her adult children and her widower. This is not something that they will be proud to own.