Books like Detour by Cheryl Crane

Growing up amid Hollywood’s golden age, Cheryl Crane witnessed her mother, Lana Turner, shine on the silver screen while the glamorous life was shadowed by a succession of stepfathers and abusive family members. At fourteen, Cheryl violently confronted one of these uncles, Johnny Stompanato, an act that thrust her into a maelstrom of media scrutiny. The book offers an unflinching look at Cheryl’s harrowing youth, her subsequent battles with poverty, mental illness, and substance abuse, and the years she spent in reform schools and a mental hospital. It also chronicles her remarkable rebound: building a distinguished business career and ultimately reuniting with her mother in a loving relationship. Accompanied by sixteen private photographs, “Detour” provides an intimate, personal account of the challenges and triumphs faced by a woman who forged a path through adversity to write her own story of redemption.

First publish date: 1988