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Right off, let me note that this book is about my mother, Barbara Payton, so of course I have a strong reason to care about it. My initial reluctance to be interviewed by Mr. O'Dowd, and my deep doubt about the use for another person out to make money off my mother made it a hard sell. But, I came to know John and trust him to tell the whole story, to tell it from all sides, to research it to an extent that would be laudable for any biography, and to include the good and the bad, leaving it for the reader to reach his or her own conclusion. I love my mother and have always been proud of her, but I'm realistic that her life was mostly great success and great failure. The author has done a good job. I found the book a pleasure and an agony to read, but I'm grateful for it and hope you will give it a read. It is a fine piece of work. - John Lee Payton