Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation.(Book review)

Sing Out! | September 22, 2008| | Copyright

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation

By Sheila Weller

Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2008, ISBN 0743491475, 592 pages, hbk., $27.95

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The trials and tribulations of the first generation of 1960s hippie chicks, as documented in the autobiographical songs of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon, provides for an intriguing read. In Girls Like Us, author Sheila Weller mines this rich territory thoroughly, interviewing friends and family while supplying a ...

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