I wish I had never read the book

With all of the publicity recently about the 'remake' of The Sound of Music', I was thinking about the original movie and what really happened.  I had always wondered about the part where the nuns take the spark plug wires out of the policemen's cars.  That didn't seem like something that a nun would do back in the 30s (not sure if they would do it now or not) so I was curious if that part had been written into the movie.  I checked the book out of the library about 10 years ago and decided to read through to see if it was true.  The book was the Trapp Family, they had dropped the Von part of their name.

When reading it, I discovered that the main character was named Maria and she had been living with nuns.  That is about all of the similarities there were.  The oldest child was not a girl, the children had been taught to sing by their father years earlier, the father had lost his money and they had renovated their house to rent it out, there was no national anthem (no Edelweiss), they did not escape over the mountain, they did not leave right after the honeymoon, etc... 

There are 2 other movies that are based on real life stories.  'Remember the Titans' and 'The Blind Side.'  Both are really good movies and there are certain parts that I hope DID happen.  However, there should be a disclaimer before the movie stating that the movie is only 10% true.  It would still be a good movie.

By the time The Sound of Music was made, the father had passed away from lung cancer and the family needed the money.  So I guess that is why she agreed to let the movie studio write it to include all of the drama. 

I wish I had never read the book.