The End of Innocence: A Memoir

by Michele Kort and Chastity Bono

Book Overview

For the first time, Chastity Bono shares the moving story of her early adulthood. A story of love won and lost, of dreams fulfilled and destroyed, The End of Innocence is a coming-of-age story that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555836208
• ISBN13: 9781555836207
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Alyson Books
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

check your expectations at the door

I think the only thing that could ruin this book is wrong expectations. I came into it thinking "Ooh a book by Cher's daughter! Cher is God so I should read it!" and when I found out it was about her lover Joan's battle with cancer I was like, "Aw, sad! This is gonna be depressing!"neither expectation proved true!By the end of the book I not only did I have a deep respect for Chastity Bono as her own person, not just Cher's daughter, but I was deeply inspired by the story and life of Joan! The book is really a very inspiring tale of love and life and everday, universal struggles (despite the fact its mainly about fame, the music industry, battles with cancer, and the struggles of lesbians). Its really a very triumphant book whose only fault is the fact that it was written by someone so young so the ending comes all too soon. I hope for a sequel!

A personal autobiography of great love, grief, & courage

The End Of Innocence is the personal memoir of Chastity Bono, the daughter of the famous entertainment celebrities Cher and Sonny Bono. With the literary assistance of Journalist Michele Kort, Chastity Bono recounts her lesbian love and partnership with Joan Stephens, as well as the horror of watching the woman she loved succumb to non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The End Of Innocence is strongly recommended reading as deeply personal autobiography of great love, loss, grief, courage, and the will to live one's own life on one's own terms.

Cheers to Chastity!

This book is moving, honest, and real. I was suprised at how candid Chastity Bono was about her affair with Joan, who was 20-some-odd years her senior, and how she dealt with her lover's cancer diagnosis and eventual death. The book is filled with information about her "dyke dramas," as she calls them, and about the roller-coaster relationship she had with one of her female bandmates. Chastity Bono comes off as smart, funny, and warm in this heartwarming memoir that will leave you wanting more.