by Pattie Boyd
First published 2008
Pattie Boyd was twenty when she met the Beatles on the set of A Hard Day's Night in 1964. George Harrison proposed ten days later. She entered the inner circle of rock royalty, sharing life with Paul and Linda, John and Cynthia, Ringo and Maureen. The marriage brought sweet moments and turbulent times as the Beatles navigated fame, friendship, and creative tensions. Then came an unsigned letter that began "dearest l." Boyd dismissed it as fan mail until Eric Clapton called that evening asking if she had received his note. The passionate letter marked the start of another complicated relationship with a musical genius. Boyd inspired Harrison's "Something" and Clapton's "Layla," becoming rock's most celebrated muse. After forty years of silence, she tells her story with raw honesty about loving two addictive, promiscuous artists who shaped popular music.
Genres: 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, music, 21st-century, musicians
Vibes: emotional, intimate, raw-honesty
Tropes: celebrity-romance, love-triangle
Setting: A Hard Day's Night
Period: 1964
195 pages · ebook · Crown Archetype
Content warnings: addiction