Could It Be Forever?: My Story [Paperback]

David Cassidy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

In 1970, after a brief acting career on Broadway and a few spots on various television shows, David Cassidy was catapulted to fame with the success of The Partridge Family. Almost overnight, the 20-year-old reached the pinnacle of teen idol fame as his records sold millions of copies the world over. In this brutally frank autobiography, Cassidy gives a firsthand account of those mind-blowing days of stardom in which being David Cassidy was subjugated to being Keith Partridge. His accounts of sex and excessive drug use explode the myth of the squeaky-clean Cassidy, and tell the true story of how an exhausting tour schedule quickly took its toll. This story reveals how to keep on living and loving when the fickle fans fall away.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Candid look inside a pop icon."  —Library Journal

"The story . . . is often harrowing, as Cassidy details the terrible emotional, physical, and financial toll of the treacherous Faustian pact that is global fame."  —Scotsman Magazine

"Brutally frank."  —Daily Mail

About the Author

David Cassidy is also the author of the memoir C'mon, Get Happy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; First Edition edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755315804
• ISBN-13: 978-0755315802
• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 5 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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62 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Life, March 31, 2007

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P. N. Clark "Music Fan" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Could It Be Forever?: My Story (Hardcover)

When you grow from being a boy from a broken home with all the associated heartache into the arguably the biggest teen idol of all time - you can bet this is going to be a very interesting read. What stops this being a tragedy are the facts that (a) David Cassidy found real peace, love and happiness through his wife, son, daughter and extended family and (b) he found lasting, enduring success.

This is the true life story of pain and loss, of an ordinary person being thrust into an extraordinarily intense, mad and extreme fame, fan mania and associated excesses. But most importantly, it is an inspirational telling of how someone can face the greatest extremes in life and come through it all intact - as a decent person, a greatly respected talent and a personal and professional success.

I have always admired David Cassidy. I haven't always known or understood what he went through in order to be the David Cassidy I perceived him to be but I admire him all the more for who he has become today.

I've had the greatest pleasure in meeting David on two separate occasions on two separate continents. What struck me both times was that he was incredibly down to earth and very genuine. "Just a regular guy" as he would say. But a "regular guy" who has had a highly irregular and fascinating and inspirational life.

This book is an absorbing read. It's so well written, it's like David is talking to you personally. The story has no pretensions, no illusions of grandeur and is wonderfully annotated throughout with comments from the key people in David's life, past and present.

David Cassidy can legitimately claim to have once been the biggest superstar on this planet. He had an extraordinary fame that could so easily be forgotten simply because he was tagged a teen idol. But he also possesses an extraordinary talent and deserves every bit of the admiration and world-wide success that he still enjoys to this day.

If you purchase this book, I can assure you that you will find it an honest and sincere telling of an extraordinary life - and I can only hope that there will be many more chapters yet to come.

41 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY this updated version!, November 9, 2008

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LB - See all my reviews

This review is from: Could It Be Forever?: My Story (Hardcover)

Although I enjoyed the first copy " C'mon Get Happy " that was written over 10 years ago.. This book is a joke . Why?? Because it is exactly the same book as " C'Mon Get Happy, with the exception of the one chapter that discusses the sex, drugs and rock n roll. In this new version, all he did was rewrite that one chapter to tone it down so it wouldn't be so raunchy. His first book probably offended his wife so he altered that one chapter. The rest of the book is a carbon copy of his first book. I feel quite insulted from him propheting from somthing he already had published years ago. The author tries to mix up the chapters so that readers won't pick up on this. Shame on David Cassidy for treating us like fools to make a buck. DO NOT BUY if you already read the first book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It felt like forever, while reading it, June 4, 2008

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G. D. Aldridge (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Could It Be Forever?: My Story (Hardcover)

Kind of boring and a bit whiney - half the book has a "poor David" tone to it - his parents were jealous of his success, other people lost his money, he didn't get recognition for his talent and none of the magazines ran stories about the real David.
Well if this is the real David, then who could blame them - the teen idol was way more interesting.
He's worked with a huge range of actors through his career, but offers hardly any insights on what they were like to work with. He skips over other key periods and details too - covering his first marriage (to actress Kay Lenz) in about two pages and his second marriage in even less! Plus there is way too much detail about writing/producing songs with people that really isn't that interesting.