Lady sings the blues
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Author
Contributions
- Dufty, William. - Contributor
Publication
1973 - Barrie and Jenkins, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
58,500 words, Guess
Page Count
234 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-10021466872X
- ISBN-139780214668722
- Goodreads3598746
- Library of Congress Control Number74153054
- Better World Books9780214668722
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL5082025M
Classifications
- DDC784.5/3/00924
- DDCB
- LCCML420.H58 A3 1973
and 1 more
- LCCML420.H58
Description
In a memoir that is as poignant, lyrical, and dramatic as her legendary performances, Billie Holiday tells her own story. She recalls a turbulent adolescence in Harlem during the 1920s, the excitement of working in New York City's famous jazz clubs with the musicians who brought jazz to the forefront of American culture, and her own dazzling rise to the top. The darker side of the Holiday legend is here too: the men who exploited her, the racial prejudice she encountered, and her harrowing struggle with heroin addiction. "Little in the striking opening of *Lady Sings the Blues* is factual, ... And no one who knew her can imagine Billie Holiday, even young, scrubbing steps - a favorite part of her myth of herself. *Lady Sings the Blues* is a faithful rendition of that myth. ..." Phyllis Rose in *The Norton Book of Women's Lives*
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