In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who
founded the most successful female vocal group in history--the
Supremes--told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed
light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the
man by whom she was raped prior to her entering the music business, the
details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry
Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, a never-ending desire to
be the Supremes' lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on
track after being brutally expelled from the group. This is a tumultuous
and heartbreaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at
the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently
recovered from years of poverty and despair.