Wild Child was a song Jim Morrison wrote for Linda Ashcroft, as was LA Woman and many others. After a chance meeting in a San Francisco coffee shop at the age of 15, Linda had an affair with the lead singer of The Doors. Here Linda Ashcroft reveals the meaning behind the imagery of his lyrics and his poems. She details Morrison's ongoing battle with depression and insomnia which led to his alcoholism, as well as illuminating the mystery of his death in Paris, where he was found wearing Linda's friendship ring.