Girls like us : Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation /

Girls like us : Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation /

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Author / Creator:	Weller, Sheila.
Edition:	1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Imprint:	New York : Atria Books, 2008.
Description:	vi, 584 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	King, Carole, -- 1942- Mitchell, Joni. Simon, Carly. King, Carole, -- 1942- Mitchell, Joni. Simon, Carly. Singers -- Biography. Rock musicians -- Biography. Women rock musicians -- Biography. Rock musicians. Singers. Women rock musicians. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7096989

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ISBN:	0743491475 9780743491471
Notes:	Includes discography: p. 561-564. Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-559) and index.
Summary:	"Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.

Table of Contents:

Part 1. "We Can Only Look Behind from Where We Came"
Overture: Three Women, Three Moments, One Journey
Part 2. "I'm Home Again, in My Old Narrow Bed"
Chapter 1. Carole
Chapter 2. Joni
Chapter 3. Carly
Part 3. "And the Sun Poured in Like Butterscotch"
Chapter 4. Carole: 1961-1964
Chapter 5. Joni: 1961-Early 1965
Chapter 6. Carly: 1961-Late 1965
Chapter 7. Carole: 1964-Early 1969
Chapter 8. Joni: March 1965-December 1967
Chapter 9. Carly: 1965-1969
Part 4. "I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet"
Chapter 10. Joni: Late 1967-Mid-1970
Chapter 11. Carole: 1969-1970 / Joni: 1970 / Carole and Joni: Early 1971-1972
Chapter 12. Carly: Mid-1970-Early 1973
Part 5. "We Just Come from Such different Sets of Circumstance"
Chapter 13. Carole: 1972-1984
Chapter 14. Joni: 1972-1982
Chapter 15. Carly: Late 1973-Late 1987
Part 6. "In the River I Know I Will Find the Key"
Cada: The Middle '80s to the Present: Three Women, Three Endings, One Journey
Source Notes
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Discography
Index