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LEARN MORE ABOUT PATSY, BE SURE TO VISIT LETTERS . . .
Her correspondence with Trudy, Marie and Treva is more than revealing... |
THE ROSE OF LOVE
The rose of love is stronger
Than anything they say.
Its beauty will surround you
Each time you look its way.
It lifts your spirits to the clouds
And falls like gentle rain
To make the rose of love grow
tall, So all will know its name
But there are those who've never
heard The beauty of its song;
And somewhere in the midst of
love A rose stands all alone.
Each petal holds the tears like
dew For every heart that feels its
shame. And it begs for you to find it
To help to ease its pain.
So hold it gently in your hand
Before its petals fall
And leaves its sorrow to the wind
Like it was never there at all..
And if its beauty touched your
heart As much as it does mine,
This is the rose I give to you-
Its name is Patsy Cline..
by Sylvia
Missmer
Copyright 1991/ All rights reserved/
Used by permission |
Patsy Cline Roses are available at: www.rosekinggardens.com
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Dear Mr. Nassour,
I'm so happy I've been able to connect with you.
I want to congratu- late you on your wonderful, beautiful book on the life of Patsy Cline. Thank
you! Not only for telling her story so vividly, but also for telling her story with respect and heart.
What a voice Patsy Cline
had!! What a woman she was!! This all comes over so well in how you and
her mother, her husbands and her friends, especially Dottie West and Brenda
Lee, tell the story. And what fabulous pictures!
As you can tell, I'm a huge Patsy fan. I admire
that she never gave up on her dream; how she focused, how she held nothing
back. How she just picked herself up, and went right on with what she
loved most -- singing. When it came to her voice,
no one could pack a song with such emotion -- emotion
that came from the heart. That emotion is the true
heart of Patsy Cline. When she sings, you don't just hear her voice, you feel it. In your book, she tells the
other girl singers to sing their songs so
that everyone
in the audience feels they are singing personally to each one. Patsy sure could do
that better
than anyone! It's what sets her apart from everyone else. And
probably why she's never been equaled as a singer.
I found your book
poignant and honest. I'm sure Patsy would have wanted it no other way.
Sincerely,
Sylvia Missmer
Coplay, PA |
Dear Ellis,
I love your book so much
because you let us get to
know Patsy through the
multi-dimensional person
she was. You show the
daughter, wife, mother,
friend and the best damn
singer that ever walked
the face of this earth!
The unique way you
blend all this makes it
easier for us who never
got to know Patsy to
understand better the
woman she was. She had
a temper like a Texas
wildcat, but she could also
be a soft, sexy, classy lady.
Telling her story through
interviews with those
who loved her, especially
her Mother, Dottie West
and Brenda Lee, is truly a
grand ability. Your book
is the greatest!
Greg Mullins
Demopolis, AL |
Date:
8/23/02
Dear Mr. Nassour:
I wanted to touch base to tell you how much I enjoyed your Bio on
Patsy. I'm a huge fan of Patsy's and have read many of the other bios out there, and want
you to know that I think that you handled her death with the utmost grace, and tact. It's
an incredibly difficult and painful subject, and you dealt with it beautifully, and I
wanted to thank you for that.
Overall, your bio is by far the most enjoyable, and balanced. I admire
your efforts to corrob- orate stories, and admire your candid dealings with Charlie.
I've been a fan from childhood, but recently had my interest and love for Patsy
rekindled, and feel like I'm falling in love all over again.
Again, I thank you for being one of those special people dedicated to keeping
our Patsy's memory alive.
Kind Regards,
Theresa Shalaby |
One
reader wrote:" ... When I wasn't crying, [your
book]
made me roll with laughter . . .
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| Date: 6/8/02
Dear Mr.Nassour,
Boy, was I impressed and so very moved by your biography on the life of Patsy Cline! It
is, by far,
one of the best things I've read. It's amazing (to me, anyway) how you make
me feel like I'm right there with you and Patsy, her family and friends ... The
photos are great. I love
the honesty and how you managed to be fair to
everyone. That must have been hard. Thank you for the best book I've read on Patsy!!!
Bob Poppie
New Orleans
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Subj: THE BEST
BOOK...
Date: 2/11/01
From: AnneMarie
From A Patsy Cline fan's point of view your book is THE BEST. It
made me cry huge tears at all the
sadness and tragedy in Patsy's life -- especially in how vividly
you recreated the ups and downs in her life, the auto crash and, finally, her
death. When I wasn't crying, it made me roll with laughter, especially
the stories
of Patsy's sheer determination to make it big no matter what, no matter
who; and the stories that Faron Young told out of school are, well, very naughty and
bawdy, but funny as hell. |
Date:
11/22/01
From: FidosDad
... And now I am a
very big Ellis Nassour fan!!! -- because of the excellent book you wrote on Patsy Cline.
It is, by far, the best!! After reading all the books about Patsy, yours is the very best!
I sense a very special closeness to Patsy
in your writing, and the interviews with Patsy's friends, family and co- workers are
done extreme-
ly well and are often very funny. Your book definite-
ly has 5-Star quality.
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