ellis_williams 's review for:

Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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Billie Holiday has always been one of my favourite Jazz singers of all time, I was introduced to her by an ex partner and have fallen in love with her ever since, owning her records. I never realised she had a memoir and it was the wonderful Dakota Warren on youtube who recommended the book and I went and bought it the same day. I don't normally read memoirs but loved this one as I was already aware of what happened to Billie Holiday, this novel also helped with my school work when looking at African American Rights, obviously with how her father dies and her song Strange Fruit which I had been my favourite for many years. I would highly recommend it to any Jazz fan, Billie Holiday fan or just someone who loves the era of the 1930s to the late 1940s.