Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi | 
pickAmazing introduction to who Maila was. It‘s written by her niece and does not have the bias that many familial biographies do. She is very honest about how wonderful and loving Maila could be but also how difficult she could be. I definitely recommend.
I sang when all I really wanted to do was cry. There was a whole world out there of which I was not a part. And as long as I volunteered to stay here, the hellishness would continue unabated.
