Children Have A Way Of Forcing You

When Your Parent Is A Public Idol, You Never Really Have A Chance To Lay That Parent To Rest.

My Mom Was A Phoenix Who Always Expected To Rise Again From The Ashes Of Her Latest Disaster... She Loved Being Judy Garland.

One Of The Oddities About Being Judy Garland's Daughter Was That Everyone Treated My Mother With Such Awe That They Would Never Have Asked Me The Normal Questions Kids Get About Their Moms.

My Mother's Suicide Attempts Were A Way To Release Anxiety And Get Attention. Some Of The Attempts Were Drug Reactions She Didn't Even Remember Later On.

My Mother Was Electric Onstage, And I Vividly Recall The Extraordinary Power She Had Over Her Audiences