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Diamond in the Rough: A Memoir
by Shawn Colvin
As you'd expect from a woman who's worked her way through most of America's psychiatric medications, this is not an in-depth book.
It bounces about like a nervous moth, rarely settling on a subject for long as a fresh idea or thought rushes to the fore. But that's not a criticism.
In doing this, you gain a further insight into the mind of the woman who gave the world one of my all-time favourite albums in A Few Small Repairs.
Through tales of her childhood, the drinking years, the cleaned-up recording artist, the mother, the double divorcee and the Grammy winner you learn how we came to be where we are - in effect, everything that has led to All Fall Down (her most recent album, and possibly best since AFSR).
But it's in the style of the writing that you get to see who Shawn Colvin really is - and in that, this book gets closer to her than the stories manage.
It makes the book that bit more personal, a step closer to the heart of the subject if you will. Which, like the author, is a rare delight.
It bounces about like a nervous moth, rarely settling on a subject for long as a fresh idea or thought rushes to the fore. But that's not a criticism.
In doing this, you gain a further insight into the mind of the woman who gave the world one of my all-time favourite albums in A Few Small Repairs.
Through tales of her childhood, the drinking years, the cleaned-up recording artist, the mother, the double divorcee and the Grammy winner you learn how we came to be where we are - in effect, everything that has led to All Fall Down (her most recent album, and possibly best since AFSR).
But it's in the style of the writing that you get to see who Shawn Colvin really is - and in that, this book gets closer to her than the stories manage.
It makes the book that bit more personal, a step closer to the heart of the subject if you will. Which, like the author, is a rare delight.