{"product_id":"girls-like-us-carole-king-joni-mitchell-carly-simon-and-the-journey-of-a-generation-9780743491488","title":"Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation--female version--but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliché. The history of the women of that generation has never been written--until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with the voices of many dozens of these women's intimates, who are speaking in these pages for the first time, this alternating biography reads like a novel--except it's all true, and the heroines are famous and beloved. Sheila Weller captures the character of each woman and gives a balanced portrayal enriched by a wealth of new information. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic treatment of midcentury women who dared to break tradition and become what none had been before them--confessors in song, rock superstars, and adventurers of heart and soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeller, Sheila:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sheila Weller is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and award-winning magazine journalist. She is the author of five books, most recently her 2003 family memoir, \u003ci\u003eDancing at Ciro's\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a substantial contribution to American social history.\" She is the senior contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and a former contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. To learn more, visit GirlsLikeUstheBook.com.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50632106475794,"sku":"9780743491488","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_780ed719-4ff2-4e9d-b526-dac4a8e206dc.jpg?v=1732789349","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girls-like-us-carole-king-joni-mitchell-carly-simon-and-the-journey-of-a-generation-9780743491488","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}