Crazy Days: My Autobiography [Paperback]

Sadie Frost has, so far, led an unconventional life. That much is true. What I'm not so sure about is the remainder of the content of this autobiography. I'm really having a hard time believing that she can remember verbatim conversations she had with her father as a 2 year old. That really just doesn't ever happen. Also, the book is partly written in a style that read like she's the age she was during the events described. That is, her descriptions of anything from recreational drugs to the band Oasis come over as hackneyed and forced. It's 'Mummy' this and 'a band called the Gallaghers' that; only later on does she revert to conventional storytelling.

Also irritating, her missing out the 'drugs on the floor at birthday party' incident, claiming that 'legal reasons' prevented her from spilling the beans. Not surprisingly, I came away knowing almost nothing of Jude Law, only slightly more about Gary Kemp and, I have to say, less about Sadie than before I picked up the book.

She's an artist? Artiste? Songwriter? Actress? Down-to-earth-mom-of-four? None of these maybe? While these days do read as crazy, one cannot help thinking that most of the craziness has been self-inflicted. Sadie's looks have given her more chances in life than you or me, but even with that, she's gone a long way to screwing a lot of them up.

Unlike other reviews, I don't really know the scoop on her relationship with Jude Law. Nor did I buy the book for that, I really bought it becuase she was a bit of an It girl for the late 80's-90's with her relationship with Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) and in Coppola's Dracula. The book is good and full of little nuggets about other celebs (Kate Moss, Gavin Rossdale,Carl Barat from the Libertines) but it's not very reflective. She tells the story of her hippie/artist parents (with 9+ step-siblings), being on her own since 16 and it's easy to see how her upbringing has played a role in her adult relationships. However, she rarely attributes insight or emotion or explains her behaviour. It would be a more interesting book if she did. It's a quick read and enjoyable and made me like her (rather than envy her).

This woman really needs to get a life, a real job, and stop leeching off of her ex-husband by writing a tell-all with lurid descriptions of her sordid, messed-up life. Cracks me up how the publisher ends the review of the book as "the story of a woman...finding herself and....finally growing up." Are you serious? She's forty-something going on fifteen, and STILL harboring a huge teenage crush on Jude Law. More like the story of a woman who CAN'T grow up, CAN'T let go of her ex husband, Jude Law, and still insists that the majority of her marital problems, postpartum depression, suicidal tendencies, etc., all stemmed mainly from his "inattentiveness". The fact that Sadie preferred to have sex with her best friend & bed buddy Kate Moss over her own husband makes one wonder how, if at all, one could blame Jude for his lack of interest in her after some point, since she's the one who ignored HIM to be with another WOMAN. Not to mention cutting herself intentionally and also proceeding to blame him for this as well, along with her postpartum depression, other self-destructive behavior, and even though I didn't find it in the book, probably the Kennedy assassination as well... She's not exactly mother of the year, either; she allows her boy toys, who are all roughly 24-25 years old (the age of her oldest son) live in the basement of her home, plus she allowed her 2 year-old daughter eat an Ecstasy pill off of the floor of a nightclub that she was at while attending a CHILD'S birthday party while she & her drugged out friends partied obliviously. If exploiting her & Jude's marital relationship & her own children (thankfully Jude managed to get an injunction preventing Sadie from printing some pics of his kids in this trite, nonsensical book) by trying to make a sorry buck off of this so-called "autobiography" constitutes "finally growing up", I think something's gotten lost in the translation of that phrase. Fortunately I borrowed this book from a friend; I would never waste the money on this "tell-all" exploit to help this loser try and leech any further money off her relationship with her celebrity ex; if she truly HAD grown up, she wouldn't still feel the need to continue travelling with Jude for every holiday he takes with his children. It's time for Ms. Frost to get over Jude & move on with her life, find a new boyfriend/girlfriend/whatever and once for all get a grip on reality. Only THEN would I even begin to consider that this woman has "grown up".