RaveGlide MagazineDiving in with expectations of lurid tales of debauchery amongst the spitting, snarling purveyors of punk’s origins is only natural. And Albertine name drops just about everybody who was anybody during that time. But what may surprise you is how real her story ends up being. Once she takes herself out of the scene, her life becomes dramatically normal. And this is actually where you are pulled in the most ... Albertine is a woman of few words, not going off on tangents of massive detail. Much like her life during her early years, she just floats along on minimal verbiage, just being and not necessarily doing; although she does quite a bit ... Her fight with the deadly disease are some of the most vivid scenes written. She doesn’t minimize or sugarcoat her body’s physical and mental traumas.
