Mommie Dearest- Page 3

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 12/15/08 at 2:00am

At least BD Hyman had the balls to write "My Mother's Keeper" while Bette Davis was still alive and able to defend herself. The fact that Christina wrote this book after Joan died and left her out of the will makes me suspicious. Also, the fact that the "twins" have always defended Joan and went against Christina. Last, but not least, in November of 1998 – the book Mommie Dearest was being re-released. Christina hired a drag queen that looked like her mother to accompany her to the book signing. Funny, huh? She made a mockery of HER own book.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/15/08 at 1:55pm

Well, good for her.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/15/08 at 2:33pm

I remember reading somewhere that the book was actually written while Joan was still alive, and was being shopped around to various publishers toward the end of Joan's life. Someone tipped Joan off, and that's why Christina and Christopher were disinherited "for reasons which are well known to them."

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 12/16/08 at 12:59am

Roscoe- if you can remember where you read that (internet, magazine) I would love to read it. I never heard that story- I always heard that she wrote the book in 1978. Joan died in 1977.