The books
Two autobiographies. The first opened the door in 2003; the second walks all the way through it in 2026.
How a Girl Overcomes the World. The complete account — an unwanted birth in Detroit, adoption at six months, an assault at sixteen, eleven marriages, a dancing career that began at thirty, and a life finally worth living at eighty-three.
About this book
A True Story of a Dancer from the Movie Porky's. The first telling, written more than twenty years earlier — the performing years, the marriages, and the long search the title names outright.
About this bookThe first book told you what happened. This one tells you what it cost.
On the two memoirs
Which one first?
They overlap but do not repeat. Secrets Are Out Now is the fuller account and stands alone; Someone Please Love Me is the earlier, tighter telling of the performing years.
Out now
Published 13 May 2026 by Brookscraft Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9696-8262-9.
