Reading the story about Janis Joplin by Holly George-Warren was informative and saddening. This biography of a talented yet addicted artist was very detailed. I could tell the author did her homework. Janis' early life in Port Arthur, Texas seemed typical but Janis was a sensitive child. She felt unloved by her family and bullied by the students at her school. In response to those feelings she was at times provocative followed by times where she tried everything she could to fit in and please others. In the end she settled on being provocative. She had a passion for music and she followed that passion. Her addictions got in the way. If she wasn't drinking too much Southern Comfort she was taking tranquilizers or shooting meth and/or heroin. Janis was a complicated artist, an electric performer, who died too young.
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