Johnny's Girl , the prequel, was praised widely by National media; interview coverage included NPR's «Fresh Air.» Hallmark Entertainment Movie’s Johnny’s Girl (June 1995 theater release) based on the book, stars Treat Williams as the father and Mia Kirshner as Kim Rich. Author working with Los Angeles producer on developing a cable TV series based on Johnny’s Girl . Empowering story for readers about becoming self-reliant, motivated, and resilient to succeed in spite of the many...
Kim Rich was an ordinary girl trapped in an extraordinary childhood, someone who dreamed of going to parties and getting good grades while living in an after‑hours hell of pimps and con men. Kim Rich longed for normalcy, yet she was inescapably her father's child, and she had no choice but to grow up fast. Her mother was a stripper and B‑girl: her father was a major player in the underworld of Anchorage, Alaska in the sixties, a city flush with newfound oil money. Only after her father was...