Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had two parents, a dog, a cat, a parakeet named Buttons, and three good meals a day. In my early years, my sweet mom made sure that my wild daddy came across as a tame, devoted father-figure, but no matter how much she buffered and suffered, it couldn't alter the fact that he was from the Old South, and I was from the New West. #2 I was a teenager in the early 1960s, and I remember listening to the radio, singing along with the Top 10, and daydreaming about the boys in my classes. #3 I was a teenage girl in the early 1960s, and I was obsessed with boys. When I was 13, the local garage band across the street from my house, the Rainbow Rockers, started to rehearse. I was soon an audience of one. #4 I was a teenage girl in the early 1960s, and I was obsessed with boys. When I was 13, the local garage band across the street from my house, the Rainbow Rockers, started to rehearse. I was soon an audience of one.