I know it's about their musical legacy and not a biography, but there were several instances where Richard was quoted about their touring or recording schedules and said that they thrived on it/loved it, when you could tell from the pictures from that time that something was going on with Karen.

Just the amount of stuff he had in his archives was overwhelming, and often not heard about or seen before.I felt it would have been better if it would have been "heart stopped" or "cardiac arrest" or such instead of "heart attack". Karen began to share with friends her growing misgivings about Tom, not only concerning his finances but also his lack of feelings for her. Gigantic plus here for me as I get so tired of that stuff where people try and talk on other's behalves instead of their own when dealing with stuff. I still remember where I was, in the little family/dining room of our home, in 1983, Raytown, Missouri, when my father came in the door and told me he heard on the car radio that Karen Carpenter had died.

And like with the rest of the book, stuff is presented but the reader is allowed to think for themselves. As someone who has read every book on Karen and Richard Carpenter, I was excited to see Richard collaborate on a new project.Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. There were rumours that you were suffering from the slimmer's disease anorexia nervosa," Lawley said.

And anyone who was an "80's child" will remember how awful the clothes and music bands were back then.And it was nice to have a more balanced look at their music, as I remember back in the day most reviewers were often pretty negative. Throughout the book are also numerous listings of dates and places and activities (including going home to visit mom and dad and such).