Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artistsâ€”Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simonâ€”charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.

Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generationâ€”female versionâ€”but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from clichÃ©. The history of the women of that generation has never been writtenâ€”until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs.

Filled with the voices of many dozens of these women's intimates, who are speaking in these pages for the first time, this alternating biography reads like a novelâ€”except it's all true, and the heroines are famous and beloved. Sheila Weller captures the character of each woman and gives a balanced portrayal enriched by a wealth of new information.

Girls Like Us is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before themâ€”confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2008-04-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2008-04-08
Format	Kindle eBook

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation

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