Sinatra Was Just One Of Mom's Friends.

In June 1968, Five Days Before My Mother's Forty -sixth Birthday, The World Fell Apart Again. Sirhan Sirhan Shot Bobby Kennedy, Who Died The Next Day. Why Were People Shooting All The Kennedys? Had The Country Gone Mad?

A Star Needs All The Rest She Can Get.

Instead Of Joyfully Looking Forward To My Birth, My Mother Began Systematically Preparing For Her Own Death. She Was Fatalistic.

When I Look Back At The Judy Garland Show, I Have Such Mixed Feelings. It Broke My Mother's Heart When They Canceled It.

There Are Some Family Traditions I Don't Want My Children To Carry On.