Never Broken Songs Are Only Half the Story
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- 出版社 Penguin Publishing Group
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9780399174339
- 定价 203.30
内容简介
NewYorkTimesbestsellingpoetandmulti-platinumsinger-songwriterJewelexploresherunconventionalupbringingandextraordinarylifeinaninspirationalmemoirthatcoversherchildhoodtofame，marriage，andmotherhood.WhenJewel’sfirstalbum，PiecesofYou，toppedthechartsin1995，heremotionalvoiceandvulnerableperformanceweregroundbreaking.DrawingcomparisonstoJoanBaezandJoniMitchell，asinger-songwriterofherkindhadnotemergedindecades.Now，withmorethanthirtymillionalbumssoldworldwide，Jeweltellsthestoryofherlife，andthelessonslearnedfromherexperienceandhermusic.LivingonahomesteadinAlaska，Jewellearnedtoyodelatagefive，andjoinedherparents’entertainmentact，workinginhotels，honky-tonks，andbikerbars.Behindastrong-willedfamilylifewithanemphasisonmusicandartistictalent，however，therewasalsoinstability，abuse，andtrauma.Atagefifteen，shemovedoutandtaskedherselfwithamission：toseeifshecouldavoidbeingthekindofstatisticthatherpastindicatedforherfuture.Soonafter，shewasacceptedtotheprestigiousInterlochenArtsAcademyinMichigan，andthereshebeganwritingherownsongsasameansofexpressingherselfanddocumentingherjourneytofindhappiness.JewelwaseighteenandhomelessinSanDiegowhenaradioDJairedabootlegversionofoneofhersongsanditwasrequestedintothetop-tencountdown，somethingunheard-offoranunsignedartist.Bythetimeshewastwenty-one，herdebuthadgonemultiplatinum.ThereismuchmoretoJewel’sstory，though，onecomplicatedbyfamilylegacies，bycripplingfearandinsecurity，andbytheextraordinarycircumstancesinwhichshemanagedtoflourishandfindhappinessdespitetheseobstacles.Alongherroadofself-discovery，learningtoredirectherfate，Jewelhasbecomeaniconicsingerandsongwriter.InNeverBrokenshereflectsonhowshesurvived，andhowwritingsongs，poetry，andprosehassavedherlifemanytimesover.ShewriteslyricallyaboutthenaturalwondersofAlaska，aboutpainandloss，aboutthehealingpowerofmotherhood，andaboutdiscoveringherownidentityyearsaftertheentireworldhaddiscoveredthebeautyofhersongs.
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