Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison

Anyone who expects this to be a sugar coated, doe eyed, hearts and flowers book written by a love blind young girl is in for a surprise. Patricia Kennealy-Morrison has written the most blunt, and honest account of Jim Morrison to be found. She does not paint Jim as a saint, nor does she reveal him to be the devil, but tears back the public veil to reveal the man she knew and loved. She makes no apologies for dashing the manufactured mythos that has perpetuated around the Doors' front man since his death in 1971.It is her honesty that makes this book both fascinating and painful to read. I have a profound respect for the author, for her willingness to bear herself to the unearned vitriol of so many who seem to believe they have a right to invade her life. She did not sugar coat her own role in Jim's life, nor polish over the rough spots of their relationship. What you read is simply her account of how it was.In the end, I came to know Jim a little better, but it is Patricia's story, and what she has had to deal with since Jim's death, and particularly since the Oliver Stone movie. I wonder if any of those who berate her, or believe that the movie was all true, would have an ounce of her grace or strength to carry on.Read and learn.

I ordered this book 4 years ago as a Doors fan and I hold on to it now as a fan of the author. I have gone on to read the The Rennie Stride rock murder series. This book was well written and as I read it I found myself becoming less fond of the Lizard King and more fond of his queen. An inside look at a side of the famed Doors front man that so many would never know. A honest love letter from a bereft wife. Unfortunately, much of Morrison's life and memory has turned into a "pissing" contest of who knew the "real" Jim- as if there could only be one side to such a man. To the dismay to the Pam camp, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison has the goods to back up her claims and generously shares them in her recount of her days with Morrison. Mrs. Morrison possesses tremendous writing prowess and it carries through not only in Strange Days but her other works again.

You'll need it! This woman, whether or not she was ever "married" to Jim Morrison, is a very good writer. She uses a lot of big words I've never even seen before, but I understood them in context, mostly. As far as the story goes, it's believeable to me. To those reviewers who have bashed her for remembering what she was wearing back then, I have to say that being roughly the same age as the author, I have a very vivid recollection of a lot of my wardrobe from those days (and it was much the same as she describes)and it was hard to forget! I was and still am a huge Doors fan, mainly Jim Morrison. I was privileged to see them in concert three times (he behaved very well in all of them) but unfortunately was never lucky or brave enough to meet any of them. I can say with certainty that if I had been a journalist who was covering rock, met and (maybe slept with and married) Jim Morrison, you can bet all you've got that I would have been writing down every single detail. The only thing that gave me pause was the sheer amount of sex she claims to have had with him on every occasion. If he'd been as drug and drink-addled as he was supposed to have been, I don't see how even once a night would have been possible, let alone the marathons she described (in very little if any detail). But, I do believe that they had a relationship of some magnitude and I was glad to read about it in her words- even though I couldn't understand a good many of them! I'm glad that she was able to move on with her life despite the devastating losses, and I would recommend this book to anyone who's a fan of Jim Morrison or even a great rock love story.

As someone who was there during the 60s (okay, I was 10, but I was there!), this is the most well written historical account of the 60s rock scene that I have ever seen. Mrs. Morrison knows how to rock the written word and does so with vigor in this story. I laughed, I cried, I cursed and commisserated with her as a woman. At the same time you want to shake Jim Morrison and hug him too. Men drive us to drink, and lots of other things, but we still love them. His personality is a hard one to pin down, which has been demonstrated in a lot of other works, but Mrs. Morrison does a very good job of recreating his personality and showing us what hell/heaven it must have been to love such a person.Sell my copy? I don't think so! this is going to be in my bookcase for a long time to come.

Anyone who knows the story of Jim Morrison or has seen the Oliver Stone movie knows about Jim and his marriage to Patricia Kennealy. This tells the real story and she tells it so well. Makes you laugh and cry and just really thoroughly enjoy yourself. Patricia has such a way with words and it's made me want to read her fiction works also. So if you love Jim Morrison and you want to know the real story of him and Patricia.................give it a read! You won't be sorry.

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This book is the closest you will ever get to the actual truth about Jim Morrison. Granted, she was deeply offended by Pam Courson...as virtually any lover of Jim's would be. Strange, though, Pam did not appear jealous of Patricia...Kennealy is a very talented writer. You will not be able to put this book down. Even the ghost parts. And the love parts are incredible. She does not adore all The Doors equally, as I do. But then she is entitled to her own observations. Personally, I feel a book with great integrity is John Densmore's "Riders On The Storm". That one is also jam packed full of Jim info...which I crave. Do you?

I greatly enjoyed this book which I found to be very informative and well-written. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.