A Memoir On The Diamond

Author : Shawn Colvin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062099167

Get Book

Diamond in the Rough by Shawn Colvin Pdf

After learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music—a decision that would send a small-town girl out on the open road for good. In 1997, two decades after she started, she got her big break. Like the troubled would-be arsonist and survivor of her smash hit "Sunny Came Home," Colvin knows a thing or two about heartache—and setting fires. Diamond in the Rough recounts this passionate musician's coming-of-age, from the prairies of South Dakota to the dark smoky bars in Austin, Texas, to the world stage at the Grammys. Humorous and deeply honest, Colvin relates the experiences behind her best-loved songs in vivid color in this memoir. Diamond in the Rough captures her years of touring cross-country in bands and vans full of guys; falling in and out of love; meeting heroes like Joni Mitchell; searching for her musical identity; and making friendships that would last a lifetime. It is also an unflinching account of Colvin's struggles—weathering addiction and depression, learning to care for not only herself but also a child—and, always, channeling those experiences into song. With the wit, lyricism, and empathy that have characterized Colvin's performances and inspired audiences worldwide, Diamond in the Rough looks back over a rich lifetime of highs and lows with stunning insight and candor. In its pages, we witness the inspiring story of a woman honing her artistry, finding her voice, and making herself whole.

Author : Beth Ditto,Michelle Tea
Publisher : Random House
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780385529747

Get Book

Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir by Beth Ditto,Michelle Tea Pdf

A raw and surprisingly beautiful coming-of-age memoir, Coal to Diamonds tells the story of Mary Beth Ditto, a girl from rural Arkansas who found her voice. Born and raised in Judsonia, Arkansas—a place where indoor plumbing was a luxury, squirrel was a meal, and sex ed was taught during senior year in high school (long after many girls had gotten pregnant and dropped out) Beth Ditto stood out. Beth was a fat, pro-choice, sexually confused choir nerd with a great voice, an eighties perm, and a Kool Aid dye job. Her single mother worked overtime, which meant Beth and her five siblings were often left to fend for themselves. Beth spent much of her childhood as a transient, shuttling between relatives, caring for a sickly, volatile aunt she nonetheless loved, looking after sisters, brothers, and cousins, and trying to steer clear of her mother’s bad boyfriends. Her punk education began in high school under the tutelage of a group of teens—her second family—who embraced their outsider status and introduced her to safety-pinned clothing, mail-order tapes, queer and fat-positive zines, and any shred of counterculture they could smuggle into Arkansas. With their help, Beth survived high school, a tragic family scandal, and a mental breakdown, and then she got the hell out of Judsonia. She decamped to Olympia, Washington, a late-1990s paradise for Riot Grrrls and punks, and began to cultivate her glamorous, queer, fat, femme image. On a whim—with longtime friends Nathan, a guitarist and musical savant in a polyester suit, and Kathy, a quiet intellectual turned drummer—she formed the band Gossip. She gave up trying to remake her singing voice into the ethereal wisp she thought it should be and instead embraced its full, soulful potential. Gossip gave her that chance, and the raw power of her voice won her and Gossip the attention they deserved. Marked with the frankness, humor, and defiance that have made her an international icon, Beth Ditto’s unapologetic, startlingly direct, and poetic memoir is a hypnotic and inspiring account of a woman coming into her own.

Author : Cheryl Diamond
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781643751689

Get Book

Nowhere Girl by Cheryl Diamond Pdf

By the age of nine, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. I’ll know how a document is forged, how to withstand an interrogation, and most important, how to disappear . . . To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia, the next in South Africa, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents, changed identities, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn’t yet know was that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from the highest international law enforcement agencies, a family with secrets that would eventually catch up to all of them. By the time she was in her teens, Diamond had lived dozens of lives and lies, but as she grew older, love and trust turned to fear and violence, and her family—the only people she had in the world—began to unravel. She started to realize that her life itself might be a big con, and the people she loved, the most dangerous of all. With no way out and her identity burned so often that she had no proof she even existed, all that was left was a girl from nowhere. Surviving would require her to escape, and to do so Diamond would have to unlearn all the rules she grew up with. Wild, heartbreaking, and often unexpectedly funny, Nowhere Girl is an impossible-to-believe true story of self-discovery and triumph.

Author : Cheryl Diamond
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1416974903

Get Book

Model by Cheryl Diamond Pdf

Every year, hundreds of the most beautiful people in the world come to New York to become models. At age fourteen, Cheryl Diamond was one of them. Living on her own in a run-down apartment, Cheryl spent her days on go-sees, runways, and shoots, surviving hand-to-mouth, while taking in everything she could about the tough and sleazy modeling industry. She watched other girls make mistakes, and swore she wouldn't be a victim...until a career-altering event changed her life and nearly ruined her shot at her dream. This is the riveting, true account of Cheryl's triumphant rise, disastrous fall, and phoenix-like comeback in one of the hottest and most demanding industries in the world.

Author : Jason Diamond
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062424846

Get Book

Searching for John Hughes by Jason Diamond Pdf

For all fans of John Hughes and his hit films such as National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, and Home Alone, comes Jason Diamond’s hilarious memoir of growing up obsessed with the iconic filmmaker’s movies—a preoccupation that eventually convinces Diamond he should write Hughes’ biography and travel to New York City on a quest that is as funny as it is hopeless. For as long as Jason Diamond can remember, he’s been infatuated with John Hughes’ movies. From the outrageous, raunchy antics in National Lampoon’s Vacation to the teenage angst in The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink to the insanely clever and unforgettable Home Alone, Jason could not get enough of Hughes’ films. And so the seed was planted in his mind that it should fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to Jason that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. But no book came out of these years, and no book will. What he did get was a story that fills the pages of this unconventional, hilarious memoir. In Searching for John Hughes, Jason tells how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb—sometimes homeless, always restless—found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes’ oeuvre. He moved to New York to become a writer. He started to write a book he had no business writing. In the meantime, he brewed coffee and guarded cupcake cafes. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously. Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through. And the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story. In other words, this is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it!” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.

Author : John MURRAY (F.S.A., F.L.S., etc.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:563084403

Get Book

A Memoir on the Diamond. by John MURRAY (F.S.A., F.L.S., etc.) Pdf

Author : John Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Diamonds
ISBN : UOM:39015068290249

Get Book

A Memoir on the Diamond by John Murray Pdf

Author : John MURRAY (F.S.A., F.L.S., etc.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1831
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019662700

Get Book

A memoir on the diamond by John MURRAY (F.S.A., F.L.S., etc.) Pdf

Author : J. Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:703973116

Get Book

A Memoir on the Diamond by J. Murray Pdf

Author : Madleen Kane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798535001326

Get Book

Rough Diamond by Madleen Kane Pdf

This memoir is the most expected in years and Madleen Kane does't hold back "Raw"Writing by a Diva like never before At early age of 14 she become an International model alover the world and by18 years old, she record her first incredible sucessful album and become The a Disco Music Queen of the world. She had an extraordinary life, Is a must read book!

Author : Kamika Graham
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548968277

Get Book

Diamond in the Rough by Kamika Graham Pdf

As a victim of domestic violence and a single mom, Kamika Graham is no stranger to betrayal, hurt, and pain. In this memoir she is reliving the trauma from her ex-husband (husband number two) and kids' father. ... the book is the process that God took Kamika through with her ex-husband to make her stronger so that she could help other women in similar situatoins or those who have been through domestice violence. from the back cover.

Author : John Murray
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1357749031

Get Book

A Memoir on the Diamond by John Murray Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : OCLC:1157477065

Get Book

A Memoir on the Diamond. Including Its Economic and Political History by John Murray Pdf

Author : Dustin Diamond
Publisher : Transit Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0981239692

Get Book

Behind the Bell by Dustin Diamond Pdf

The teen stars of Saved by the Bell entertained global audiences for over a decade. On TV, the actors in this ground-breaking show portrayed characters of model behavior, though often indulging in a little innocent adolescent fun. But what was it like behind the scenes? What were these kids really like, and what was it like to live one's teenage years in front of the camera? Dustin Diamond, Saved by the Bell's Samuel Screech Powers, pulls back the curtains to reveal the truth about being a child star in Hollywood. Diamond shows what happens when kids grow up too fast, too rich, and too famous. Book jacket.

Author : Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448193691

Get Book

Diamond by Jacqueline Wilson Pdf

Diamond wasn't always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment. Discovering an extraordinary gift for acrobatics, Diamond uses her talent to earn a few pennies, but brings shame on her family. When a mysterious, cruel-eyed stranger spots her performing, Diamond is sold - and is taken to become an acrobat at Tanglefield's Travelling Circus. The crowds adore Diamond, but life behind the velvet curtains is far from glamorous. Her wicked master forces Diamond to attempt ever more daring tricks, until she is terrified to step into the ring. But there are true friends to be found, too: the gentle Mister Marvel; the kindly Madame Adeline; and the glorious Emerald Star, Tanglefield's brand-new ringmaster, and Diamond's heroine. When life at the circus becomes too dangerous to bear any longer, what will the future hold for Diamond? And will her beloved Emerald be a part of it? Enter the amazing world of Hetty Feather and follow her adventures throughout the series: 1. Hetty Feather 2. Sapphire Battersea 3. Emerald Star 4. Diamond