Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter by Randy L. SchmidtMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a fascinating and insightful look into a troubled and tragic, albeit creative and impactful life. Fortunately, I re-watched the The Karen Carpenter Story made-for-television biographical film about singer Karen Carpenter and the brother-and-sister pop music duo which aired on CBS on January 1, 1989. The book starts with an overview of the film and how this film done without family support yet would prove insightful due to the friends and associates that came forward without a familial spin control. Indeed, this makes it appear Karen's mother's controlling, loveless, OCD nature initiated an environment of dysfunction carried on in the insular sibling enterprise. It actually rings true and seems par for the course for other family troupes: Osmonds, Jackson 5, etc. There's a lot of detail on recording sessions, the story behind the initial shelving of Karen's solo album, Richard's Quaalude abuse, and the complicated dynamics of the awfully close pair - but, hey no incest, just rarely talented artistes battling rock on the charts with ballands and lacking any normal childhood.
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