American Girl, American Dreams : My Life with Tom Petty

For the first time, music legend Tom Petty’s spouse and muse of 25 years opens up about their intimate, shared lives in this memoir filled with personal anecdotes, and bittersweet reminiscing. Inseparable from their first kiss playing Spin the Bottle, Tom and Jane Petty were rock and roll monarchs cruising around the country on wild band tours and spreading their musical magic.But before heading to Hollywood, or “Hollyweird” as Jane refers to it, she and Tom were just two lost and confused teenagers from Gainesville, Florida whose lives became completely intertwined the minute they met.At the age of 13, Jane’s younger sister Robin was killed by a car while in her care, and Jane’s world shattered.Her mother threw herself into the church, leaving Jane to struggle with her grief and guilt.Meanwhile, in another part of town, Tom was suffering abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father, as his passive mother watched.As a result, both Jane and Tom found peace and solace in their teenage roma