Real Life

Real Life
Marsha Hunt

First published in 1986, "Real Life" gives the full background to Marsha Hunt's astonishing rise from Philadelphia ghetto girl to become the 'face' of the cult 60s rock musical "Hair" and the girlfriend of Mick Jagger, father of her daughter Karis.It is the story of Marsha's childhood, of her time at Berkeley University during the anti-war riots in the mid-60s and of her escape to London where she became involved in the music scene, singing (and living) with the likes of John Mayall and Elton John. This is a vivid account of life in the early 60s by one of the icons of "Swinging London". But as well as being a portrait of a culture and a generation, it is also the personal story of a warm, honest woman determined to bring up her daughter on her own according to her deeply-held principles. It is the story of a survivor who has struggled through turbulent love-affairs and the ups and downs of a varied and extraordinary career.

MARSHA HUNT

Real Life

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Fourth Estate

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Published by Flamingo 1995

First published in Great Britain by Chatto and Windus 1986

Copyright © Marsha Hunt 1986

The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780006548737

Ebook Edition © FEBRUARY 2016 ISBN: 9780007483105

Version: 2016-01-19

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Contents

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Title Page (#u3c3ddbbe-26e7-589a-abbe-a65688399558)

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INTRODUCTION (#ulink_061c1910-c87c-5913-a474-915c31d72503)

1 MADE IN AMERICA (#ulink_4a561d00-d10e-5060-9536-85bbbe064bed)

2 CULTURED PEARLS (#ulink_32097dfb-969c-5c47-a35a-8cffb84876cf)

3 THE FRONT LINE (#ulink_f6e9091e-8170-594d-ba74-6f748abd343e)

4 INFANT DIPLOMACY (#ulink_b3ea9e38-e5d5-504f-a103-eb3ced330208)

5 MOUNT AIRY AND CHESTNUT HILL (#ulink_530adc08-28d8-50b0-9c1f-7d0459bafe7d)

6 THE DREAM MACHINE (#ulink_266e8706-38b2-5a0f-aff0-6b7b0d33c698)

7 EVERYTHING’S NOT EVERYTHING (#litres_trial_promo)

8 FREE AT LAST (#litres_trial_promo)

9 PURI NATURABILIS (#litres_trial_promo)

10 PRIORITIES (#litres_trial_promo)

11 SAVE THE TEARS (#litres_trial_promo)

12 THE PLEASURE ZONE (#litres_trial_promo)

13 SMOKED OUT (#litres_trial_promo)

14 WORDS WITHOUT MUSIC (#litres_trial_promo)

15 CHANGING FACES (#litres_trial_promo)

16 BEYOND THE BRIDGE (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

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Indent (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

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Co Wicklow

Ireland

Wednesday, November 15, 1995

My dear Karis,

It’s 4 am. Can’t sleep. I’m in the middle of writing the new introduction to my autobiography and I keep thinking about things that were happening when I wrote it. Ten years have slipped by and a lot has changed. For one thing, you’re 25 and living in San Francisco whereas I’ve just moved to Ireland to be with Alan after completing my fourth book.