Bibliograph

Girls like us, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation, Sheila Weller

Type

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Girls like us, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation, Sheila Weller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-559), discography (p. 561-564), and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Girls like us

Nature of contents

discographiesbibliography

Oclc number

166373130

Responsibility statement

Sheila Weller

Sub title

Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation

Summary

This biography of three important musical artists, Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell, offers an epic treatment of women who dared to break tradition.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

"We can only look behind from where we came." Overture : Three women, three moments, one journey -- "I'm home again, in my old narrow bed." Carole ; Joni ; Carly --"And the sun poured in like butterscotch." Carole: 1961-1964 ; Joni: 1961-early 1965 ; Carly: 1961-late 1965 ; Carole: 1964-early 1969 ; Joni: March 1965-December 1967 ; Carly: 1965-1969 --"I feel the earth move under my feet." Joni: late 1967-mid-1970 ; Carole: 1969-1970 / Joni: 1970 / Carole and Joni: early 1971-1972 ; Carly: mid-1970-early 1973 --"We just come from such different sets of circumstance." Carole: 1972-1984 ; Joni: 1972-1984 ; Joni: 1972-1982 ; Carly: late 1973-late 1987 -- "In the river I know I will find the key." Coda : The middle '80s to the present : three women, three endings, one journey

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