Dear Prudence
Subtitle: the story behind the song
By: Prudence Farrow Bruns
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781503029880
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Children of celebrities; Beatles; Biography
Description: Lines from John Lennon's ballad, "Dear Prudence," are easily recognizable by anyone who enjoys the Beatles' music. But who was Prudence? Prudence Farrow Bruns, a daughter of the prominent Farrow family that includes sister Mia Farrow, finally sets the story straight. She touches on her own famous family's heartaches and triumphs, even as she voices the experiences of an entire generation through a single iconic song.
Notes: At end: 63091936R00133.
Table of contents: title: Beginning life; title: Irish mother; title: Off to Hollywood; title: Australian father; title: Childhood antics : growing up in Beverly Hills; title: Influences and undercurrents; title: A world upside down; title: Upheaval : Travels in Spain; title: Upheaval : Adventures in Spain; title: Cloistered life : Catholic boarding school; title: Summer in the country; title: Return to the unforeseen; title: Uncharted impermanence; title: Continuation : Delving deeper; title: Continuation : Walking the precipice; title: Phase transition; title: Hope emerges; title: Sustaining hope : biding my time; title: At long last; title: Rishikesh living; title: Journeying inward; title: The end of the beginning; title: Epilogue. Overview of the years since India, 1968.