Slim: Memories of a Rich and Imperfect Life

I am throughly disgusted with the previous review. Apparently we did not read the same book. The Slim I read about was fasinating and self-depracating. She was a great broad - a terrific friend with wonderful self-knowledge and zest for life. She never wanted to be the next margaret mead or sandra o'connor. And why should she have to be? Her life was so interesting and the way she tells it - you wanted to be there - be one of her friends. Also, I did not realize Hemingway was washed up when he wrote "The Old Man and the Sea" and Capote finished when he penned "In Cold Blood" - both manuscripts handed over to their dear friend - Slim - to look over! What was the reviewer expecting?? If you can obtain this book - do it - and you will be throughly entertained. It's a book you can go back to time and time again.

Slim Keith has done a wonderful job of providing an up close and personal look at the famous people in her life. Her insights, particularly into her stepfamilies, are what make her a skilled commentator on the era she inhabited and its effects on others. She honestly depicts herself and others as flawed but worthwhile people who were sometimes at cross-purposes but struggled to understand each other anyhow.