A fabulous book which I could not put down. Really easy to read, gripping and wonderfully told. Would highly recommend to others!!

If you like Glen Campbell you will love this book. Very well written and full of information about the singers life its a must read for every fan

An amazingly personal recollection of Kim Campbell's life with Glen Campbell. Thank you for sharing such an intimate relationship with the singer I remember from my childhood.
Honest and no holds barred, we discover Glen was a man of many problems but also a Christian. Kim especially leaned on her faith throughout the wild days of Glens drinking benders and later through the ravages of his Alzheimers.
I found I connected easily with Kim....mainly skipping over the bible references, but loving the telling of a love story surviving against all the odds with so many barriers and dramas.
I believe Gentle on My Mind would be an enjoyable read even if you didn't know who Glen Campbell was.

Brilliant book loved Glen Campbell music. Highs and lows. If you love Country an western you will love this book

Loved this book - one of my fastest reads this year so far. I've always enjoyed Glen, but through this book written by his wife Kim, I felt like I got to know him. Not just him, but his faith, and his pure love for his family and his God in spite of the challenges and troubles on his journey in life. Written vulnerably and with transparency, but clearly Glen was a special man and used by God. Just makes me want to pull out or stream his music now and listen more closely to what he left for our world. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the advance copy for review without any obligation.

This was a fabulous book. I remember when Glen and Kim opened up about his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. And how he kept singing and going on tour. I believe that was so good for him and possibly kept the full effect of the disease from ravaging him sooner. I hate this disease, because it takes people away from the those they love, slowly and heart wrenchingly. It just leaves a shell. It is so heartbreaking and I don’t see how caregivers, of those with this disease, make it through. How Kim Campbell and her family made it through, I can see, is through God and their faith in Him. I loved this about the book, as well. Sharing abundantly their faith in God and how Glen held on to God throughout his illness. I’m so thankful Kim wrote this to show and bring awareness to Alzheimer’s. There are some things, in my opinion, that I don’t believe I would have shared about their intimate times, but that was up to her, but I wouldn’t have shared. Maybe she felt she needed to for some reason. I really loved and enjoyed the book, but heartbreaking also. I thank #NetGalley and the publishers Nelson Books, for the opportunity to read and review #GentleOnMyMind . My review is my own.

Although never a big Glen Campbell or country music fan, I remember watching the Glenn Campbel show on TV and following the story of the affair of Tanya Tucker and Campbell. In fact, I thought the photo on the front of this book was Tanya Tucker at first! I love reading biographies and this was a very interesting one.

This is Kim Campbell's story of her May/December romance and marriage to an established country star at the near-end of his career. Writing the story as his wife is a bit different for a biography, but it makes for a very intimate view of Glen Campbell's life and career. Her faith, devotion, and love of family come across as the main themes.

**I received and voluntarily read an e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

I knew that Glen Campbell had been an alcoholic and had suffered from Alzheimer's in his final years, but this book really focuses on the nitty gritty details, many of which weren't public. It's plain to see how religion played a large part in Kim Campbell and her relationship with Glen, and her decision to stay with him through his worst.

With some memoirs, it's easy to write a review, as readers are usually fairly familiar with the subject they are going to be reading about. While I do enjoy learning new stories, all of the new stories within "Gentle on My Mind" are written in a way so as to make Kim seem like a saint or angel and everyone who stands against or disagrees with her is a villain.

Overall, while I appreciate how open Kim Campbell is about her struggles with Glen, I just couldn't connect with her. The book itself is well written, but at times feels like Kim is more intent on playing the victim rather than facing the fact that she was just as much of an enabler to his addictions as she was an addict to her relationship with Glen. While I finished the book, I just never could see Kim as anything other than someone who has always and will always play the victim in any story.

This book is an account of the love of Kim and Glen Campbell. Through ups and downs dealing with two illnesses, Alcohol/Drug Addiction and Alzheimers. This is an important book that should help shine more attention to Alzheimers. Hopefully more research into this disease. Glen Campbell was a lucky man, to have the love of his wife when he was out to destroy himself and sometimes her! Kim & Glen's children as well as other family members and friends helped to care for him.

The one point I hope anyone going through a caregiver relationship is that when the time comes that you must find a live in facility do not beat yourself up!

I received an advance copy from the publisher via Netgalley for my honest opinion.

An honest, no holds barred account of life with Glen Campbell by his fourth wife, Kim Campbell married to Glen for 34 years. Kim was a supportive spouse who turns enabler in my mind, making it easier for Glen to continue his self-destructive behavior. Clearly her life with Glen was not an easy one.

Glen Campbell leaves behind a legacy of beautiful music. I was very young during Campbell’s heyday, yet I love his songs (and am humming “Rhinestone Cowboy” as I write this review). This book exposing his battles with alcohol, drugs and descent into Alzheimers is eye-opening and it shattered my illusion of the man, yet I was very glad to have read it.

This is probably the most intimate book I have ever read. Having seen the documentary I’ll Be Me I thought I was prepared for the story Kim Campbell had written. I was wrong. Kim opens her life, her heart, her memories, to bring you inside the world she shared with Glen. Both amusing and heartbreaking in its honesty, the readers are left feeling as though they have been privy to the private moments that helped shape their lives together. It’s a must read for anyone who loves Glen Campbell’s music, who has experienced life with someone suffering the debilitating effects of Alzheimers, or anyone with a deep faith in G-d.

Brave is the only word I can think of for Kim Campbell, wife of Glen Campbell. As Campbell's Alzheimer's deepened, Kim took the greatest care of him, weathering many unimaginable events and doing it with grace and dignity. A truly great book and a tribute to love and faith.

Let me say at the first of this review that I greatly admire Mrs. Campbell for her love, care, and commitment for her husband. She walked a very difficult road with him, and I think both she and her family set a wonderful example for those who are struggling with these same heartbreaking circumstances. She shares their story openly and honestly, and there’s much to be said about that.

However, this is just not the book for me. I think that, especially for a book published by a Christian publisher, that she shared more intimate details than I wanted to know. The story could have been told just as effectively without those. I understand that those details won’t affect many readers’ enjoyment of this book; but it did mine.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

Gentle on My Mind tells the story of Kim Campbell’s thirty-four-year marriage to music legend Glen Campbell. The story begins when Kim is a twenty-two year old dancer in New York and is set up on a blind date with Glen Campbell, who is twenty-three years her senior.

Kim provides readers with a front row seat into their marriage, which spanned over three decades. The first half of the novel illuminates their struggles with Glen’s addictions and the importance of religion in their relationship. The second half of the novel focuses on Glen’s diagnosis with Alzheimer's and his final tour, which would cement his lasting legacy not only as a music legend, but as someone who brought Alzheimer’s to national attention. I found the second half to be the most interesting because I, like so many people, have a personal connection to Alzheimer’s. It was heartbreaking to read about their everyday struggles to care for Glen, particularly as he reached the late stages of Alzheimer’s. I do think there was too much emphasis placed on the “adversary” and I think that detracted from the final half of the book.

The first half of the book was difficult to read, especially as Kim described in detail the emotional and mental abuse she suffered while dealing with Glen’s alcoholism. It did provided insight into their relationship and how early on Kim was forced to assume the role of caregiver, which she maintained for the duration of their marriage.

This novel was definitely not my typical read, but I was interested largely because I am a Glen Campbell fan, having grown up on his music. At times, I found the writing disjointed and all over the place, with the book jumping from story to story. Overall, I enjoyed the read because it gave me some insight into both of their lives and it made me reminisce on Glen’s music career.

Thank you to NetGalley and Nelson Books for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Gentle on My Mind is the kind of biography that I hope would be written about me from my wife when I die. It was honest without bringing out all the dirty laundry. It was a love story told about real people. And yet it was so much more.
As someone who has recently lost my father-in-law to Alzheimer's, I felt the depth of the words written about the way the disease affected not only Glen but also Kim and the rest of the family. We walked with my wife's mother as she experienced so many of the same emotions Kim expresses in the book.
Fans of Glen Campbell the singer will love the book for the rare and honest look inside their fairy tale romance. The stories shared are priceless to understand the kind of lives lived by musicians and their families. However, everyone else will find the personal stories engaging enough to be enthralled with the book.
If you or a family member are dealing with Alzheimer's then the book is a must read just for the last few chapters. I wish we had this as a resource to help our family realize the things we were experiencing were the norm for families affected by the disease.
I highly recommend this book.

This is an absolutely wonderful story about a truly special man that left behind a musical legacy that will live forever. Told by a wife that obviously adored him but didn’t sugar coat his failings and weaknesses. She shares it all from the heart, relating one personal story after another, letting us see the incredible genius of his talent, the goodness of his heart, and the spiritual depth of his soul. As wonderful as he could be, he also put his family through hell with his alcohol addiction and finally his long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. For thirty-five years, Kim’s motto was “I Stayed” and that she did, through the good and the bad. One amazing lifetime with this amazing man!

Thank for to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy for an honest review. This book was very easy to read and the writer did a great job of making the reader feel that they are right there experiencing these things as they happened. That being said, I wanted to smack Kim so many times! I couldn't help but wonder if he wasn't rich and famous would she have put up with him! All the religious versus quoted, this reader couldn't help but think really? You both needed extensive therapy for addicts and their loved ones. I loved Glen Campbell but I really didn't want to read all the times he was passed out drunk or high or both and then going on the bathroom himself! TMI

This was “Kim’s story” about her life married to Glen Campbell. It had the good, bad and the ugly written in it. This was a wife/lover telling us about the man she loved. Thank you Kim for sharing with us your story!

I have always loved me some Rhinestone Cowboy but never knew much about the life of Glen Campbell. I was enthralled by his story told by his widow. I could feel the love she had for him and her commitment to him and god. This book has me interested in reading more about Glen Campbell.

Enjoyable and quick read. I felt there were areas that could have been explored a little more so that is why it’s 3 stars and not 4 for me.

A raw and open book that takes the reader through the ups and downs of life married to Glenn Campbell. Kim hold nothing back in this book and it gives you a window into the lives of two people that we would never have been able to access.

I love his music and was actual naive when it came to his life.

I received this book as an ARC from Netgalley in return for my honest opinions.