Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey
High-spirited teenager Bebe Buell didn't want to stay home in  Virginia in the early 1970s; she knew she was destined for a  faster paced life. After graduating from high school, she ran  away to Virginia Beach to escape her father's strict military  discipline. She returned home, but, with her mother's support,  soon moved to New York and became a moderately successful Eileen  Ford model. However, even more appealing to Bebe was the world  of rock music. She became a groupie of sorts hanging out with  Todd Rundgren, Andy Warhol and Iggy Pop. (She's said to have  provided some of the inspiration for Kate Hudson's character in  Almost Famous.) In addition to Bebe's sexual exploits with  celebrities (the list is long; highlights include David Bowie,  Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart), she served as a muse and actual  wordsmith, recording with the Cars in 1980: "I was never on a  quest for sex itself. In fact, to me, it's the hardest part of a  relationship. I was always on a quest for rock 'n' roll." From  the 1970s to the 1990s, she drifted from man to man and drugs of  various sorts, with the one stable force being her daughter, Liv  Tyler, by Aerosmith's Steven Tyler. While some aging boomers may  relish another account of the good old, bad old days of rock and  roll, this memoir is disappointing. Bebe's raucous life amid  glam rockers and glitterati sure sounds fun, but her story adds  little to what has already been documented about these times.  Photos not seen by PW. (Aug.)Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.