Bitter Crop is an unconventional portrait of arguably America's most eminent jazz singer. Acclaimed biographer Paul Alexander shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life - with relevant flashbacks to provide context - to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of Holiday's artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law.
During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her and new material unearthed in private collections and institutional archives, Bitter Crop limns Holiday as a powerful, ambitious woman who overcame her flaws to triumph as a vital figure of American popular music.
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- Authors:
- Alexander, Paul
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781837262410
- Publication Date:
- 04/07/2024
- Publisher:
- Canongate Books
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Illustrations Note:
- B&W photos throughout
- Number of Pages:
- 368
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Canongate Books
- SKU:
- 9781837262410