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Lady Sings the Blues [EPUB ebook]

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‘A masterpiece, as fresh and shocking as if it were written yesterday’ Craig Brown"I’ve been told that no one sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do. Or the word ‘love’."Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Born to a single mother in 1915 Baltimore, Billie Holiday had her first run-in with the law at aged 13. But Billie Holiday is no victim. Her memoir tells the story of her life spent in jazz, smoky Harlem clubs and packed-out concert halls, her love affairs, her wildly creative friends, her struggles with addiction and her adventures in love. Billie Holiday is a wise and aphoristic guide to the story of her unforgettable life.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780241351307 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6692823 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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