Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon---And the Journey of a Generation (Audiobook)

from Harriet.the.Spy

When I listened to these women's music in my teenage years, I had no idea how much they were enacting on my behalf all the changes in society and women's roles that were taking place in such a volcanic way. The world in which Carole King and Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon were born and raised was ...

from Rdra1962

Alrhough I was not old enough to live thru the Hippie era, the music of the times was the soundtrack of my childhood. These were the songs of summers at the cottage, bonfires at camp, and afternoons after-school. This book tells the stories of Carole King, Carly Simon, and Joni Mitchell. The firs...

from mjspear

Absorbing look at the lives of three seminal women in rock music history. Joni Mitchell's life seems most compelling and Carole King's the least but all offer a different slant on strong women in the music scene of the 1960s. Well-written social commentary.

from ennie

At almost 600 pages, there's no point in picking this book up without an interest in the subject. That was not a problem for me, since the subjects are 3 singers whose work provided an important sound track to my youth: Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Tapestry, No Secrets, and Ladies ...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Two stars for subject.The book is about Joni Mitchell, Carole King, & Carly Simon.....their music, lives, & loves (some handed down & around).I did not like the book: It began with a supposed diary entry of Carole's best young time friend about the day Carole chose her new last name King (it was ...