Three Memoirs, Three Reviews
More leftover from my Brückenau days: book reviews. One of the books in question I’d browsed through before but hadn’t read it properly, the other two were new to me. What the three have in common is, aren’t you surprised, a Beatles connection; otherwise they’re widely different, though each struggling with the opening sentence ofDavid
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Interview with Pattie Boyd, by Ken Sharp (partial)
Q: Discuss the duality of George. On one hand, he was a seeker of enlightenment and the other he was having affairs on the side.
A: George was a human being. He was human, terribly good-looking and very famous. He had his ups and downs. Temptations were thrown at him continually. If you're gonna decide that you're gonna be a priest it's very difficult. I think George was far more aware than other people of the continual battle of one's demons. We all have demons inside of us. We're all full of black and white. He struggled with it. He always wanted to be a good man and do the right thing.
Q: In describing your two husbands, you describe Eric as your "playmate" and George as your "soulmate."
A: It was always great fun to hang out with Eric. It was always playtime. But this was when he was drinking and when someone is drinking they just think of the most mad things to do and the most childish things to do. And it's all great fun. We were in a lucky position because there were always people to pick up the pieces and look after us and cushion the fall. So that was great fun. But then with George he was a true spiritual seeker. We had a very special friendship/relationship that would last all our lives. I knew that. George was always there for me. He was a sweet and gentle person. So what if he had demons. He'd been trying so hard to be good and spiritual.
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