I was shocked to find out that the author has received awards for her previous biographies. I think this book is poorly written. I don't think there was enough material to write a book here. The author is thorough in listing Billy's "gigs" but cannot come up with anything concrete about her personal life. This is not actually the author's fault; however, while researching the topic, she should have realized there was not enough information to write an entire book. So what she does is ask question after question about Billy and even writes passages the way things might have been (but we'll never know, she says). If one has to guess and piece together the way things may have been, why even bother with the subject? One can get more mileage out of a subject like this through fiction (such as "M Butterfly" or some of Shakespeare's plays).