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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon - And the Journey of a Generation Hardcover – 3 April 2008

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Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Together they changed a decade and altered the lives of a generation.

Carole King is the product of New York City's lower-middle-class; Joni Mitchell is a grand-daughter of farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper-crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, every girl who came of age in the late 1960s, when - to paraphrase one of their songs - the earth moved. Their stories trace the arc of the now-mythic era known a 'the Sixties'.

Girls Like Us is an epic treatment of these three exceptional women who dared to break tradition and become what few had been before them - confessors in song, rock superstars, adventurers of heart and soul. Yet it is also an evocative and utterly engrossing portrait of this explosive period; a time of ferment and discord, of upheaval and radically changing values.

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sheila Weller presents a full and balanced portrayal of each woman, enriched by vivid anecdotes told by dozens of their intimates, many speaking for the first time. Meticulously researched and superbly written, Girls Like Us is as much a portrait of a political and social scene as it is a compelling biography of three much-loved musicians.

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592 pages
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English
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Ebury Press
Publication date

3 April 2008
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16.2 x 3.9 x 24.1 cm
ISBN-10

0091899249
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978-0091899240
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"Weller has picked her three subjects because of their different demographic appeal, the better to tell her social history ... Weller puts it all in great context ... Weller has done them - and girls like us - proud" (Critic’s Choice by Ray Connolly Daily Mail)

"Eminently readable ... a racy read that may tell you more than you need to know about the boyfriends, break-ups and breakdowns of its subjects" (Sean O'Hagan Observer)

"How Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Bill Clinton's favourite Carly Simon embodied a generation's dreams; perfect bedtime reading for baby-boomers" (Observer Music Monthly)

"charts this trio's rocky marriages, their struggles with success and , perhaps most poignantly, their fading with age" (Sheryl Garratt Mail on Sunday)

"A page turner ... fills a gaping hole in the history of the counterculture of the '60s by providing a juicy and politically astute chronicle of the careers of three women who turned pop music upside down" (Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls)

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The lives, loves, songs and times of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon - and how they mirrored and fuelled the journey of a generation of women

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Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Together they changed a decade and altered the lives of a generation.

Carole King is the product of New York City's lower-middle-class; Joni Mitchell is a grand-daughter of farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper-crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, every girl who came of age in the late 1960s, when - to paraphrase one of their songs - the earth moved. Their stories trace the arc of the now-mythic era known a 'the Sixties'.

Girls Like Us is an epic treatment of these three exceptional women who dared to break tradition and become what few had been before them - confessors in song, rock superstars, adventurers of heart and soul. Yet it is also an evocative and utterly engrossing portrait of this explosive period; a time of ferment and discord, of upheaval and radically changing values.

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sheila Weller presents a full and balanced portrayal of each woman, enriched by vivid anecdotes told by dozens of their intimates, many speaking for the first time. Meticulously researched and superbly written, Girls Like Usis as much a portrait of a political and social scene as it is a compelling biography of three much-loved musicians.

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Three young songwriters, raised in very different ways, poised on the edge of a world of change.

Joni Mitchell - raised in the deep centre of prairie Canada, a polio survivor and tortured rebel. Carole King - a Jewish civil servant's daughter, a small plain teenager powered by a huge talent. Carly Simon - privileged, gawky, jokey, neurotic, steeped in the music and intellectual chatter of her home and the illicit sex that charged it.

In time each one found her voice and her audience. Through their periods of success, heartbreak, motherhood and creativity they and their listeners rode a course of self-discovery and confrontation.

Girls Like Us is the extraordinary story of their lives, their music and the generation they shaped.

Praise for Sheila Weller's Dancing at Ciro's:
'A chronicle of glamour, rage, sorrow and despair' Washington Post

About the Author

Sheila Weller is a bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of seven books, two of them New York Times bestsellers. Senior contributing editor at Glamour, contributor to Vanity Fair, and former contributing editor of New York, Sheila Weller is a six-time winner of the Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page award. She lives in New York City.
www.girlslikeusthebook.com

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Press (3 April 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0091899249
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0091899240
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.2 x 3.9 x 24.1 cm

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Sheila Weller is a best-selling author and award-winning magazine journalist specializing in women’s lives, social issues, cultural history, and feminist investigative.

Her latest book, "The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour – and the Triumph of Women in TV News," is a lively and detailed story of three very particular lives and a testament to the extraordinary character of women everywhere.

Her sixth book was the critically acclaimed "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And The Journey of a Generation." On the New York Times Bestseller list for 8 weeks, it has sold over 170,000 copies, is featured in numerous Women’s Studies programs at major universities, and was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2008 by Library Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Amazon.com, and Tina Brown’s DailyBeast.

Her previous books, including the New York Times bestseller "Raging Heart," have included well-regarded, news-breaking nonfiction accounts of high profile crimes against women and their social and legal implications.

She is a writer for Vanity Fair, a Senior Contributing Editor for Glamour, a former Contributing Editor for New York, a reviewer for The New York Times, and has written and writes for numerous other magazines.

She has won nine major magazine awards, including six Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Awards and two Exceptional Merit in Media Awards from The National Women’s Political Caucus, and she was one of three winners, for her body of work, for Magazine Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects in the 2005 National Headliners Award.

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Christina Campbell

A Great Buy if you are into Music

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Full of lots of information....I haven't got through it all yet, but such a well written book

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Helene Tiedemann

I have not finished it and I doubt I will ...

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I have not finished it and I doubt I will. The language is not appealing and the author seems to not have met any of the subjects in person. I am a fan but I can't be bothered.

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Susan Rowley

The journey of a generation of women in the 60s and70s

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I really loved this book as these three women, especially Joni Mitchell, were my favourite singers when I was a young student and beyond.

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We Put Up A Parking Lot...

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It has fascinating information on each of them and provides a real insight into how they developed their respective talents.

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The book arrived promptly and is just what I wanted. Thanks, James.

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Excellent introduction to individual biographies.

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Arrived well before 1st June

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 16 July 2015

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Such a good book and in great condition

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