{"product_id":"with-billie-a-new-look-at-the-unforgettable-lady-day-paperback","title":"With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Blackburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew jazz singers have become icons like Billie Holiday. In \u003ci\u003eWith Billie\u003c\/i\u003e, we hear the voices of those people who knew Billie best: piano players and dancers, pimps and junkies, lovers and narcs, producers and critics, each recalling intimate stories of the Billie they knew. What emerges is a portrait of a complex, contradictory, enthralling woman, a woman who -- contrary to myth -- knew what she wanted and what really mattered to her. Julia Blackburn has pieced together an oral history of this jazz great, creating a unique and fascinating view of an astonishing woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Julia Blackburn, an author whose ability to conjure lives from other times and places is so vivid that one suspects she sees ghosts, here is a portrait of a woman whose voice continues to haunt anyone who hears it. \u003cbr\u003eBillie Holiday's life is inseparable from an account of her troubles, her addictions, her arrests, and the scandals that would repeatedly put her name in the tabloid headlines of the 1940s and 1950s. Those who knew her learned never to be surprised by what she might do. Her moods and faces were so various that she could seem to be a different woman from one moment to the next. Volatile, unpredictable, Billie Holiday remained, even to her friends, an elusive and perplexing figure. \u003cbr\u003eIn \"With Billie, we hear the voices of those people-piano players and dancers, pimps and junkies, lovers and narcs, producers and critics, each recalling intimate stories of the Billie they knew. What emerges is a portrait of a complex, contradictory, enthralling woman, a woman who knew what really mattered to her. Reading \"With Billie, one is convinced that she has only just left the room but will return shortly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eCharles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eDaisy Bates in the Desert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand of two novels, \u003cb\u003eThe Book of Color\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Leper's Companions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eboth of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.02 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43125961326727,"sku":"9780375705809","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/xvOXU800dp9780375705809.webp?v=1756770617","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/with-billie-a-new-look-at-the-unforgettable-lady-day-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}