The Singer Sisters

Informationen zum Autor For more than a decade, Sarah Seltzer has been a feminist journalist and cultural critic. Her writing for publications including The New York Times , TIME , Jezebel , Glamour , Cosmopolitan , The Nation and many other places has earned her an online following - and shaped the discourse on subjects ranging from Hollywood casting, to abortion rights, to the death of department store shopping. Sarah received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, wrote a creative thesis as an undergrad at Harvard, and has had fiction published in The Normal School, Joyland, and elsewhere. Currently, she's the Executive Editor at Lilith Magazine. This is her debut novel. Find her on Twitter @sarahmseltzer Klappentext It's 1996, and alt-rocker Emma Cantor is on tour, with her sights trained on a record deal. Emma's got no lack of inspiration for her confessional songs, chief among them her mother Judie, a 1960s folk legend who is bitterly disappointed by Emma's choice to skip college. Emma is baffled by Judie's coldness. Judie herself was only eighteen when she ran away to New York to pursue music, ahead of forming the influential folk duo the Singer Sisters with her sister Sylvia. But Judie has a long-kept secret about why she abandoned her music career at the peak of her success, which is about to unravel. This is an epic family saga that follows mother Judie and daughter Emma as they navigate the ups and downs of music stardom - asking what women artists must sacrifice for success. Vorwort A sweeping, escapist page-turner about the women in a notorious musical family, set between the 1960s folk music scene and the late 90s alt-rock scene. Daisy Jones and the Six meets Lessons in Chemistry . Zusammenfassung It's 1996, and alt-rocker Emma Cantor is on tour, with her sights trained on a record deal. Emma's got no lack of inspiration for her confessional songs, chief among them her mother Judie, a 1960s folk legend who is bitterly disappointed by Emma's choice to skip college. Emma is baffled by Judie's coldness. Judie herself was only eighteen when she ran away to New York to pursue music, ahead of forming the influential folk duo the Singer Sisters with her sister Sylvia. But Judie has a long-kept secret about why she abandoned her music career at the peak of her success, which is about to unravel. This is an epic family saga that follows mother Judie and daughter Emma as they navigate the ups and downs of music stardom - asking what women artists must sacrifice for success. ...

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A sweeping, escapist page-turner about the women in a notorious musical family, set between the 1960s folk music scene and the late 90s alt-rock scene. Daisy Jones and the Six meets Lessons in Chemistry.

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It's 1996, and alt-rocker Emma Cantor is on tour, with her sights trained on a record deal. Emma's got no lack of inspiration for her confessional songs, chief among them her mother Judie, a 1960s folk legend who is bitterly disappointed by Emma's choice to skip college.

Emma is baffled by Judie's coldness. Judie herself was only eighteen when she ran away to New York to pursue music, ahead of forming the influential folk duo the Singer Sisters with her sister Sylvia.

But Judie has a long-kept secret about why she abandoned her music career at the peak of her success, which is about to unravel.

This is an epic family saga that follows mother Judie and daughter Emma as they navigate the ups and downs of music stardom - asking what women artists must sacrifice for success.