{"product_id":"girls-like-us-sheila-weller-9780743491488","title":"Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarole 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 generation--female version--but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliché. The history of the women of that generation has never been written--until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled 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 novel--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them--confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Weller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743491483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743491488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2009 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/10\/2009 pg. 28","brand":"Sheila Weller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050878431487,"sku":"9780743491488","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e48a358f-cc95-48f7-9666-598f07c42aec.jpg?v=1685009776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/girls-like-us-sheila-weller-9780743491488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}