Becoming Billie Holiday

Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper

eBook - 2008

Coretta Scott King Author Honor AwardThe 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-win...ning 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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Published
Astra Publishing House
Language
English
Main Authors
Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size9 GB
ISBN9781629791739
Release Date10/1/2008
Kindle Book
ASINB00YB4ENLI
Release Date10/1/2008
OverDrive Read eBook
File Size9 GB
ISBN9781629791739
Release Date10/1/2008