Boys in the trees : a memoir

The Resource Boys in the trees : a memoir
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Boys in the trees : a memoir
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Carly Simon
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Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Carly Simon is a household name. She was the staple of the '70s and '80s Billboard charts and was famously married to James Taylor w ith whom she has two children. She has had a career that has spanned four decades, resulting in thirteen top 40 hits, including the Number 1 song 'You're So Vain', numerous Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. She was the first artist in history tow in a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her song 'Let the River Run' (from the film Working Girl)...Boys in the Trees is a rhapsodic, beautifully composed memoir of a young woman's coming of age amongst the glamorous literati and intelligentsia of Manhattan (her father was Richard Simon, co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster), a reflection on a life begun amidst secrets and shame, and a powerful story of the strength to leave that all behind and forge a path of art, music and love in the Golden Age of folk and rock. At once an insider's look into a life in the spotlight, a lyric reflection on a particular time in our culture's history, and a beautiful memoir about the pains and joys of love and art, Boys in the Trees is the story Carly Simon has long been waiting to tell the world
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
VHEI
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction

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