Bibliograph

Boys in the trees, a memoir, Carly Simon

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Boys in the trees, a memoir, Carly Simon

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

photographs

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Boys in the trees

Responsibility statement

Carly Simon

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

Simon's memoir reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, for her song "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets" among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor

Table Of Contents

133 West Eleventh Street -- Summer in the trees -- Frunzhoffa -- Carly, meet Ronny -- Splinter-happy steps -- The dinner party -- Moonglow -- The twenty-ninth floor -- The hardships of the mistral -- Frog footman -- Moneypenny -- Jake was the hub -- Record numero uno -- Soft summer gardens -- The Potemkin Hotel -- Carnegie Hall -- Choppin' wood -- Moonlight mile -- We'll marry -- Emulsification -- Heat's up, tea's brewed -- Showdown -- Sheets the color of fire -- Strip, bitch

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