Bitter crop : the heartache and triumph of Billie Holiday's last year
Alexander, Paul, 1955-2024
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'Bitter Crop' is an unconventional portrait of arguably America's most eminent jazz singer. Acclaimed biographer Paul Alexander shrewdly focuses on the last year of Billie Holiday's life - with relevant flashbacks to provide context - to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of her artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law. During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her and new material unearthed in private collections and institutional archives, 'Bitter Crop' limns Holiday as a powerful, ambitious woman who overcame her flaws to triumph as a vital figure of American popular music.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockroom | Adult non-fiction hardback | 782.42165 ALE | Available |
Main title:
Bitter crop : the heartache and triumph of Billie Holiday's last year / Paul Alexander.
Author:
Alexander, Paul, 1955-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024.
Collation:
353 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781837262410 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.42165092782.42165
Local class:
AR.8.01/ALE
Language:
English
BRN:
3805030