What's a Sweetheart Like You Doing in a Place Like This Summary and Analysis

Chapter 3 of Faithfull describes Marianne's pregnancy in 1965. She was thrilled to be having a baby. In fact, she believed the baby and new husband would ground her. She was 18 and he was 22.

Much of this chapter describes how she had the chance to meet Bob Dylan who she worshipped. John was away at Cambridge, and Marianne found herself at the door to his room. She felt intimidated by everyone. They seemed to extremely hip. She did, however, feel comfortable talking to Allen Ginsberg as they had in common interest in intellectual matters.

When she went to Bob Dylan's hotel room, she describes the most dynamic person in the room being Bobby Neuwirth. He also gave her her first joint. She describes...