Books like The Lost Supreme by Peter Benjaminson
Peter Benjaminson’s *The Lost Supreme* presents Florence Ballard’s own taped accounts of her life as the founding member of the Supremes, the Motown group that became the most successful female vocal act in history. Ballard discusses her early struggles, her complex relationship with Motown founder Berry Gordy, and the violence she endured before her music career began. The book also explores her ongoing battles with alcoholism, her fierce desire to remain the group’s lead singer, and her ultimate expulsion from the Supremes. Ultimately, it is a candid and sorrowful portrait of a woman who, at 32, died alone and revered as a mother of three, after a lifetime marked by poverty, peril, and perseverance.
First publish date: April 1, 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Peter Benjaminson
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