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Title:
Boys in the trees : a memoir
Author:
Simon, Carly, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
Physical Description:
viii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
"Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, for her song "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl, "--Amazon.com.
Language:
English
Contents:
Book One -- 1. 133 West Eleventh Street -- 2. Summer in the Trees -- 3. Frunzhoffa -- 4. Carly, Meet Ronny -- 5. Splinter-Happy Steps -- 6. The Dinner Party -- 7. Moonglow -- 8. The Twenty-Ninth Floor -- Book Two -- 9. The Hardships of the Mistral -- 10. Frog Footman -- 11. Moneypenny -- 12. Jake Was the Hub -- 13. Record Numero Uno -- 14. Soft Summer Gardens -- 15. The Potemkin Hotel -- Book Three -- 16. Carnegie Hall -- 17. Choppin' Wood -- 18. Moonlight Mile -- 19. We'll Marry -- 20. Emulsification -- 21. Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed -- 22. Showdown -- 23. Sheets the Color of Fire -- 24. Strip, Bitch -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.
ISBN:
9781250095893
Format :
Book