The book is as raw and unfiltered as one would expect from Cher.
Here are some takeaways from the years biggest memoir.
John Sarkisian was a gambling addict who bet then subsequently lost his familys business.
Cher at ‘The Bikeriders’ Los Angeles premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on June 17Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty Images
In 1994, Cher wrote the song Sisters of Mercy about this time in her life.
As a kid herself, Holts family was extremely poor and her father was abusive.
One was none other thanWarren Beatty.
The rising legend was 25 when his car nearly crashed into hers on Sunset Boulevard.
They swam and kissed until Cher was brought home to her angry mother past curfew.
They would eventually become friends.
It was Lucille Ball who told Cher to leave him.
Fuck him, youre the one with the talent, Ball told Cher.
Her acting career had a difficult launch
Acting was Chers first love.
She grew up around actors; her mom worked as one and married one for a spell.
Cher eventually left high school to go to acting school.
Her acting coach called her a natural and she found freedom in performing onstage.
Mike Nichols turned her down for a role after they were introduced to each other by Jack Nicholson.
Producer Ray Stark made a gross sexual innuendo during their meeting, as well.
