[HMG Celebrity News] – An unsettling number of Hollywood stars have sad stories of broken childhoods but Ashley Judd may be able to top them – Hers was littered with liars, crooks, drug addicts, frequent pain and sexual abuse.
The whole sordid story unfolds in her new memoir; “All That Is Bitter Is Sweet.’ And most of the pain seems to swirl around Ashley’s country-superstar mother, Naomi Judd;
“My Mother created an origin myth for the Judds that didn’t match my reality,” Ashley writes. “She and my sister [Wynonna] have said our family put the ‘fun’ in dysfunction. Who was having all the fun? What was I missing?”
In another chapter the now 42-year old Kentucky native remembers how their home always contained marijuana, and how her dad “was prone to taking hallucinogenics with friends on Saturday nights.”
Her parents divorced while Ashley was still a child and she describes her mom’s next companion as “an abusive heroin addict with a criminal record.” Then things got tough;
“I was taught our lifestyle was normal and never to question it or complain, even when I was left alone for days at a time, or when I was passed to yet another relative,” she writes.
In another grim tale Ashley recalls her first brush with sexual abuse;
“An old man everyone knew offered me a quarter for the pinball machine if I’d sit on his lap,” she explains. “I climbed up and was shocked when he suddenly cinched his arms around me and smothered my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue into my mouth.”
The book is also a testament to the love of a child, which can seemingly survive the most arduous test;
“I loved my mother, but I dreaded the mayhem and uncertainty that followed her everywhere,” is how Ashley explains it. “I often felt like an outsider observing my mom’s life as she followed her dreams.”
At the peak of her acting career Ashley left Hollywood and toured the brothels and slums that infest South East Asia. This book is based on the diaries she kept, filled with stories of despair and survival by the people she found there. She’s now forged a new career as their voice and is making a difference.
At 432 pages the book is not exactly light reading, but the stories could make people cry. Even Hollywood folks. Are you surprised by her past? Do you admire what she’s doing? Let’s hear your opinion…
Source: Radar
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