Introduction -- The devil you say! -- A man took my heart and robbed me blind -- Welfare queen -- Yes we can can (and did did) -- Fairy tales and financial nightmares -- Lead us not into temptation -- Rumble in the jungle -- Things go better with coke -- Having a party... and breaking up -- Pointer Sisters 2.0 -- Gangbusters -- So excited... and disappointed -- Breaking out and breaking down -- We are the world -- 12-steppin' -- Hot together -- Man with the right rhythm -- Going to the chapel -- Only sisters can do that -- Ain't misbehavin' -- Where did the time go -- Millennial Pointers -- Baby sister -- Still so excited! -- Epilogue: Preachers, players, Pointers: who knew we had so much in common?
Summary:
Ruth Pointer's story for the first time{u2014}and in her own words Still So Excited!: My Life in the Pointer Sisters offers an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer's roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973, they all thought it was the answer to their long-held prayers. While it may have served as an introduction to the good life, it also was an introduction to the high life of limos, champagne, white glove treatment, and mountains of cocaine that were the norm in the high-flying '70s and '80s. Ruth Pointer's devastating addictions took her to the brink of death in 1984. Ruth Pointer has bounced back to live a drug- and alcohol-free life for the past 30 years and she shares how in her first biography. Readers will learn about the Pointer Sisters' humble beginnings, musical apprenticeship, stratospheric success, miraculous comeback, and the melodic sound that captured the hearts of millions of music fans. They will also come to understand the five most important elements in Ruth's story: faith, family, fortitude, fame, and forgiveness.
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