When I Grow up: A Memoir (Signed by Juliana Hatfield!)

Hatfield, Juliana

ISBN 10: 0470189592 / ISBN 13: 9780470189597

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2008

About this Item

Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Near Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED BY JULIANNA HATFIELD on first blank fly leaf. Signature only, no inscriptions. Memoir of American musician and singer-songwriter.

Seller Inventory # N4269359

Bibliographic Details

• Title: When I Grow up: A Memoir (Signed by Juliana Hatfield!)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470189592
• ISBN 13: 9780470189597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield’s solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song ""Spin the Bottle"" from the Reality Bites film soundtrack. Then, after canceling a European tour to treat severe depression and failing to produce another ""hit,"" she spent a decade releasing well reviewed albums on indie labels and performing in ever-smaller clubs. A few years ago, she found herself reading the New Yorker on a filthy couch in the tiny dressing room of a punk club and asked, ""Why am I still doing this?"" By turns wryly funny and woundingly sincere, When I Grow Up takes you behind the scenes of rock life as Hatfield recounts her best and worst days, the origins of her songs, the source of her woes, and her quest to find a new purpose in life.

About the Author

Juliana Hatfield is a singer-songwriter who came to prominence in the 1980s as a member of the band Blake Babies. Her vocals have been praised as "bewitching" by the New York Times. Her latest album, How to Walk Away, was released in August 2008.