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Boys in the trees : a memoir / Carly Simon.

Simon, Carly, (author.).

Summary:

Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top-40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, for a song composed, written, and performed entirely by a single artist: "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets" among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250095893
ISBN: 9781250095916
ISBN: 1250095913
ISBN: 1250095891
Physical Description: viii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Book 1 -- 1 133 West Eleventh Street 3 -- 2 Summer in the Trees 17 -- 3 Frunzhoffa 31 -- 4 Carly, Meet Ronny 41 -- 5 Splinter-Happy Steps 51 -- 6 Dinner Party 61 -- 1 Moonglow 73 -- 8 Twenty-Ninth Floor 85 -- Book 2 -- 9 Hardships of the Mistral 103 -- 10 Frog Footman 135 -- 11 Moneypenny 149 -- 12 Jake Was the Hub 159 -- 13 Record Numero Uno 187 -- 14 Soft Summer Gardens 203 -- 15 Potemkin Hotel 211 -- Book 3 -- 16 Carnegie Hall 221 -- 17 Choppin' Wood 233 -- 18 Moonlight Mile 247 -- 19 We'll Marry 263 -- 20 Emulsification 277 -- 21 Heat's Up, Tea's Brewed 303 -- 22 Showdown 319 -- 23 Sheets the Color of Fire 343 -- 24 Strip, Bitch 357.