Becoming Billie Holiday

Becoming Billie Holiday
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Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 9781629791739
ISBN-13 : 1629791733
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Book Synopsis Becoming Billie Holiday by : Carole Boston Weatherford

Download or read book Becoming Billie Holiday written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award The stunning voice and hard life of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is revealed through evocative, accessible poetry. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey to become a legend took her through pain, poverty, and run-ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her life--a voice. Eleanora could sing. Her remarkable voice led her to a place in the spotlight with some of the era's hottest big bands. Through a sequence of raw and poignant poems, New York Times best-selling and award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford chronicles the singer's young life, her fight for survival, and the dream she pursued with passion.


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