Take a pretty, naive and insecure teenager with a marvellous voice and make her a rock'n roll star overnight. Then marry her to a young, brilliant and newly rich producer with a gigantic inferiority complex and a few psychopathic strains. Then you have the plot for most of this book.

The song "Be my baby" by the Ronettes (produced by Phil Spector) was and still is one of my favourites. The live version with Belinda Carlisle and Grace Slick as the two supporting Ronettes is a masterpiece.

The book is yet another illustration of the difficulties associated with money and stardom. It seems as Ronnie (Veronica) came out alive on the other side, but she might as well have ended in the club with Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin.