Linda Carroll
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Linda Carroll is an American author and the mother of Courtney Love
.
Carroll was adopted into an Italian Catholic family. She graduated from high school in 1961 and gave birth to Love in 1964. After finishing her bachelors degree in Oregon
in the 1970s, she moved to New Zealand
. She returned to Oregon in the 1980s and received a masters in counseling, and began practicing as a therapist. As an adult, Carroll found her birth mother, the novelist Paula Fox
(her grandmother was screenwriter Elsie Fox
). In 2006, her memoir Her Mother’s Daughter, was published by Doubleday. In 2008, Remember Who You Are was published by Conari Press, and she is currently working on a book about relationships entitled Love’s Four Journeys.
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
.
Carroll was adopted into an Italian Catholic family. She graduated from high school in 1961 and gave birth to Love in 1964. After finishing her bachelors degree in Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
in the 1970s, she moved to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. She returned to Oregon in the 1980s and received a masters in counseling, and began practicing as a therapist. As an adult, Carroll found her birth mother, the novelist Paula Fox
Paula Fox
Paula Fox is an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.Her...
(her grandmother was screenwriter Elsie Fox
Elsie Fox
Elsie Fox was an American minor screenwriter in the 1930s. She is the biological mother of novelist Paula Fox.-Life and career:...
). In 2006, her memoir Her Mother’s Daughter, was published by Doubleday. In 2008, Remember Who You Are was published by Conari Press, and she is currently working on a book about relationships entitled Love’s Four Journeys.