**A collection of award-winning short stories by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winner.** As one of the great writers of speculative fiction of the twentieth century, Harlan Ellison shaped the science fiction, fantasy
Greatest Hits
β Scribed by Laura Barnett
- Book ID
- 112051009
- Publisher
- Europa Editions
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781609455248
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β¦ Synopsis
The beloved singer-songwriter Cass Wheeler has abandoned retirement for one last chapter in her musical career. She assembles an album of greatest hits - the songs that mean the most to her, songs that she wrote during the brightest and darkest times in her life.
Each chapter springs from one of these songs. Told in tandem with the lyrics, this irresistible novel moves skillfully across episodes of a fascinating and sometimes tragic life - from Cass' lonely childhood, through her freewheeling rise to fame, to first love and loss.
Laura Barnett's clear-eyed writing vividly depicts the UK and US music scene of the 70's, with its mistakes and magic, and the lives that pass through it - is vividly painted, as is the artist behind the art. By the time she has selected the final song, Cass is confronted with one last choice: whether she can find the strength within herself to open her heart once more.
Greatest Hits is an enchanting novel that will...
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