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John (Spanish Edition)

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This accounting rings of a genuine attempt to be truthful and honest. Hasn't everyone spoken with a close friend or relative, who recounts stories of their estranged spouse or relative and sometimes tend to embellish the stories in their favor? It`s human nature, and that may be the case in some instances throughout this book, but it appears Cynthia Lennon is attempting to be honest to the public and honest with herself. As a Beatle fan, many of the stories were familiar, but with more detail. From time to time, Cynthia comments in a way to give John and Yoko the benefit of the doubt and even tries to show Yoko respect. Most of the time, I felt I was reading Cynthia's honest opinion and honest recounting of how things really played out.

An example of hearsay or conjecture is Cynthia's telling of John's purchasing of Aunt Mimi's house back in the 60s with the intention of it passing down to John's two half sisters. Apparently, after Mimi's death (she survived John) Yoko sold it immediately and the two half-sisters received nothing. Nobody really will ever know John's intention concerning that if it was not directly expressed in his Will.

One thing is painfully obvious. John Lennon neglected the relationship with his first-born son, and one cannot help to put some of the blame on Yoko Ono. During the 70's and until his untimely death in 1980, he saw Julian only a handful of times. John Lennon may have been a musical genius, but by the end of this book, I could not help but think he was one major hypocrite. Everyone is human, and you really never know until you walk a mile in another man's shoes, but it just smacks of John Lennon being a terrible father and Yoko Ono being selfish.

I thought it might be a good idea to search Amazon and see if Yoko had written a tell-all biography. It just may be that she will never be able to escape the "witch" label she has been given, but I noted that of much of her written stuff, she had little to no customer reviews. Could it be nobody cares what she has to say? Of her CD's, the reviews stretch the gamut from great to downright awful.

Nevertheless, this book is easy reading and as a fan, I gobbled up much of it. I believe Cynthia Lennon truly believes it was a blessing and a curse to be associated with the Lennon name.