A Day In The Life: One Family, The Beautiful People & The End Of The 60s
by Robert Greenfield

What really went on there, we only have this extract

This is the story of the star-crossed, ill-fated relationship of society couple “Puss” and Tommy Weber, set against the 60s swinging London milieu. It’s fruity and frequently tragic. The couple were married in 1963, had their children and began living apart in a blaze of psychedelics. Tommy was a racing driver, who got involved with the pop scene, took shedloads of gear and tried, at one point, to buy Lundy Island; Puss began to indulge in LSD – a lot of it. Tommy shacked up with Charlotte Rampling while Puss went off on the hippy trail and, sadly, off the plot. She committed suicide in 1971. Tommy lived on to 2006.

Their sons, Jake and Charley, went through it all and emerged relatively unscathed, considering the fact that their father taped packets of cocaine to their bodies (a wedding present for Mick Jagger that Keith intercepted) through French customs. It’s well written, with Greenfield’s sense of drama flowing freely. In many respects, however, the pictures are the true story, showing the stiffness and formality of the 50s and early 60s, giving way to the longer hair and haunted expressions as the 70s beckoned.

3 stars 3 stars 3 stars

ISBN 0306816229, 324 pages

Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
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