In the months before she died, Florence Ballard, the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history, the Supremes, told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, including the surprising identity of the man who raped her before she entered the music business, the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, her never-ending desire to be the Supremes' lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from group. This is the tumultuous and heartbreaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently recovered from years of poverty and despair.