Mickey Green

This book is seemingly rooted in real events about the author's personal experiences in her younger years however those have been over embellished, over sensationalized, and over extended with an over use of adjectives. Deviations from the truth include hair color--it was brown until a bottle of red dye came along, and her eyes--they are a light green. Further, she was very overweight until she found and stuck to a diet in her late 20's and early 30's, long after being a part of a band named Concept. With exception of college choir and karaoke, Concept was the first band she was a part of. The names of people in this book are only slightly changed from the person's true identity. Truths include she had an amazing singing voice that should have made her famous and she has a definite niche for stirring up trouble. Regarding the scene where the main character Bobbi was hit and beat up, it didn't happen. What happened was she tried to have an affair with the character called Mickey. She was rebuffed but she was persistent, going so far as to try and convince the character Lena that an affair had occurred. She pursued him aggressively on stage while performing, to the point that the band asked her to leave. Angry over this, she took the band to court over lost wages. Over ten years later she went on to become a singer with a band named Good Time Oldies however that was shortlived as well. She was asked to leave soon after she started with them. There were no high speed chases, cocaine, heroin, or meth but the author did enjoy her liquor and the drinks customers at the bars the band played at would buy for her. To this day Facebook is littered with photos of her at local wineries and breweries. There were no pedophiles, throwing things, brawls, arrests, trips to the hospital, or deaths. Her career as a journalist and writer is on display on the website LinkedIn. Jobs have lasted from 1-3 years. Only a few of them have been in journalism type roles. In between jobs she notes freelance writing as a job. Google can help find her publications and works. Every good review of this book can be traced back to her family, close friends, and there's one very glowing review from the author herself. The press releases, interviews, and publication of the book were written and handled by the author. As for Mickey and the character known as Lena in the story, they were able to continue their long relationship after the author interfered and went on to a happy, peaceful life together. Lena died in 2018. Mickey was and is heartbroken over her loss. He is still a well respected regular on the music scene in St. Louis as he has been for over 40 years. If anything, this book is a sad display of a girl from a large family that didn't receive much attention growing up. Then the band Concept picked her up and she received so much positive attention about her singing voice she didn't know how to handle it all and spiraled out of control. Hopefully by writing this book, the author experienced some closure and healing on events from over 20 years ago and is finally able to move past it and find some happiness and peace of her own.