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For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the Chelsea Hotel, it was both a relief and a tragedy. Here is the incredible story of an infant who never stopped screaming, a toddler who attacked people, a teenager addicted to drugs, violence, and easy sex, a daughter completely out of control, who almost destroyed her parents' marriage and the happiness of the rest of her family.
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- Author
- Deborah Spungen
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 386
- Publisher
- Fawcett Crest, Corgi, Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780552990813
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Deborah Spungen was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia. She has been the owner of a natural foods store, a direct mail consultant, a member of the Philadelphia Crime and Elderly Coalition, and she founded the Philadelphia chapter of Parents of Murdered Children. She was married to Frank Spungen, until his death in 2010. She is the mother of Nancy Spungen, who was the girlfriend of punk rocker Sid Vicious. In addition to Nancy, the couple had two other children, Susan and David. Deborah became known for her autobiography And I Don't Want to Live This Life which tells how she raised Nancy, describing her as disturbed from a young age, and also covers her own life following Nancy's murde
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