My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

Owen Elliot-Kugell was 7 years old when her mother, Cass Elliot, passed away in 1974. So she has few personal memories of (arguably) the strongest singer in The Mamas & the Papas, and instead heavily relies on interviews and secondary sources to piece together Mama Cass's brief life. There are no shocking revelations in the book, unless you count discovering who started the “cause of death: choked on ham sandwich” rumor. The last third of the book covers Elliot-Kugell's life post-1974, and frankly, it isn't that interesting, other than the fact that she was almost the fourth member of Wilson Phillips (1990s nepo babies known for their song “Hold On”).