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Reckless Daughter
Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell | David Yaffe
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An intimate new biography of Joni Mitchell, one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty of their language and the rawness of their emotions, both deeply personal to Mitchell and universally relatable to her audience. In this intimate biography, composed of dozens of in-person interviews with Mitchell, David Yaffe reveals the backstory behind the famous songsfrom her youth on the Canadian prairie, her pre-vaccine bout with polio at age nine, and her early marriage and the child she gave up for adoption, up through the quintessential albums and love affairs, and all the way to the presentand shows us why Mitchell has so enthralled her listeners, her lovers, and her friends. Yaffe has had unprecedented access both to Mitchell and to those who know her, drawing on interviews with childhood friends and the cast of famous characters (Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, David Crosby, and more) with whom she has crossed paths and influenced, as well as insightful analyses of her famous lyrics, their imagery and style, and what they say about the woman herself. Reckless Daughter tells the story of Mitchell and also of the fertile, exciting musical time of which she was an integral part, one that had a profound effect that can still be felt today on American music and the industry.
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AutumnRLS
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Finally finished this one. Have been working on it for awhile.

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DivaDiane
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Congratulations @BookaholicNatty 🍾🎉🎊🎈 !!!

Three recent additions to my Want To Read list are:
* Reckless Daughter (about Joni Mitchell), by David Yaffe
* Every Note Played, Lisa Genova
* Dancing at the Edge of the World, by Ursula K. LeGuin

#Nattys25kgiveaway

Have you seen this? @Supersteph @Sisasuku @GrilledCheeseSamurai ?

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BookHermit
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Look what I got in the mail today! Not much of a biography reader but I ❤️ me some Joni Mitchell

Bonus: My 7 year old son asked if it was me on the cover 😊😆

ChasingOm 🙌🏼 7y
ApoptyGina69 Great! I have it too, but haven‘t read it yet. 7y
DivineDiana What a sweet boy! ❤️ 7y
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DocBrown
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Just got this —the book, not the dog—off a library hold. I️ guess it‘s what I‘m reading next!

BookMaven407 ❤️🐶 7y
2BR02B What? There's a book in this photo? 🐶😍 7y
DocBrown @2BR02B You want him? He‘s yours. 7y
Nute That face is gorgeous! 5y
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