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My Autobiography
My Autobiography
By Janis Ian
By Janis Ian
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Category: | Music
Category: | Music
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About Society’s Child
Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen, when her soul-wrenching song Society’s Child became a hit. An intimate portrait of an interracial relationship, Society’s Child climbed the charts despite the fact that many radio stations across the country refused to play it because of its controversial subject matter. But this was only the beginning of a long and illustrious career. In this fascinating memoir of her more than forty years in the music business, Ian chronicles how she did drugs with Jimi Hendrix, went shopping for Grammy clothes with Janis Joplin, and sang with Mel Tormé all the while never ceasing to create unforgettable music.
In 1975, Ian’s legendary At Seventeen earned two Grammy awards and five nominations. Her next two albums brought her worldwide platinum hits. But after seven albums in as many years, she made a conscious decision to walk away from the often grueling music business. During this period, she struggled through a difficult marriage that ended with her then husband’s attempt to destroy her, and a sudden illness that very nearly cost her her life. The hiatus from music lasted for close to a decade until, in 1993, Ian returned with the release of the Grammy-nominated Breaking Silence. Now, as she moves gracefully into her fifth decade as a recording artist and writer, Ian continues to draw large audiences around the globe.
In Society’s Child, Janis Ian provides a relentlessly honest account of the successes and failures?and the hopes and dreams?of an extraordinary life.
About Society’s Child
Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen, when her soul-wrenching song Society’s Child became a hit. An intimate portrait of an interracial relationship, Society’s Child climbed the charts despite the fact that many radio stations across the country refused to play it because of its controversial subject matter. But this was only the beginning of a long and illustrious career. In this fascinating memoir of her more than forty years in the music business, Ian chronicles how she did drugs with Jimi Hendrix, went shopping for Grammy clothes with Janis Joplin, and sang with Mel Tormé all the while never ceasing to create unforgettable music.
In 1975, Ian’s legendary At Seventeen earned two Grammy awards and five nominations. Her next two albums brought her worldwide platinum hits. But after seven albums in as many years, she made a conscious decision to walk away from the often grueling music business. During this period, she struggled through a difficult marriage that ended with her then husband’s attempt to destroy her, and a sudden illness that very nearly cost her her life. The hiatus from music lasted for close to a decade until, in 1993, Ian returned with the release of the Grammy-nominated Breaking Silence. Now, as she moves gracefully into her fifth decade as a recording artist and writer, Ian continues to draw large audiences around the globe.
In Society’s Child, Janis Ian provides a relentlessly honest account of the successes and failures?and the hopes and dreams?of an extraordinary life.
About Janis Ian
Janis Ian has been writing and performing songs for more than five decades. She received her most recent Grammy nomination in 2016, totaling ten in her career. In 2013 she won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for… More about Janis Ian
About Janis Ian
Janis Ian has been writing and performing songs for more than five decades. She received her most recent Grammy nomination in 2016, totaling ten in her career. In 2013 she won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for… More about Janis Ian
Product Details
Category: | Music
Paperback | $16.95
Published by TarcherPerigee
Sep 03, 2009 | 400 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781585427499
Category: | Music
Ebook | $10.99
Published by TarcherPerigee
Jul 24, 2008 | 384 Pages | ISBN 9781440635168
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Praise
“Society’s Child is the hugely readable autobiography of an artist who has lived through success and crushing hardship but knows that ‘you can’t sing and cry at the same time.’ Sing on!”
—O, The Oprah Magazine
“Painfully candid . . . hard to put down.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“A juicily entertaining look at an unusual life in show business.”Downbeat yet oddly rollicking and compulsively readable.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Deftly written, the life experiences described by Janis Ian in this engaging memoir gives us a peek into the anatomy of a brilliant songwriter’
—Joan Baez
“One of life’s greatest pleasures is a book that you simply can’t put down—one that transports you from start to finish as it elevates, enlightens, engages and entertains. Janis Ian gives you all this in Society’s Child.”
—Kitty Kelley
“A splendid retelling of a major life! Janis Ian is a survivor, and her book is an illuminating and inspiring read.”
—Anne McCaffrey
“Janis Ian is at once larger-than-life and excruciatingly human. In Society’s Child she describes great triumphs, devastating betrayals of every kind, and her extraordinary strength of spirit shines through every page.”
—Kathy Mattea
“A book of surpassing clarity and truth.”
—Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game
“I laughed, I ached, I wept, I cheered…and ultimately was totally taken by Janis Ian’s honest and deeply moving autobiography: an insightful and courageous personal account of her musical, spiritual and emotional journey.”
—Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul & Mary
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