Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (546 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1569768188 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
WhosYourChubby said The truth finally comes out.. What can I say about this book? Well, first off it is very interesting. I thought I knew all there was to know about Karen and The Carpenters but I was very wrong. This book really deals with it all, both the joy and pain Karen had in her short life. I am so glad that Richard was not able to force the writer to tell the watered down story he has been telling for years. The TV movie, "The Karen Carpenter Story," was so controlled by Richard and Agnes (the mother) that it was al. The First Truthful Look At The Carpenters! Barbara I never quite believed the obviously edited and programmed version of the truth behind the issues revolving Karen Carpenter, as perpetrated by her family. Her sudden drastic weight loss was so alarming, and she looked like someone who was going through cancer treatments. As obvious as it was to all that something was definitely wrong, she was determined to dispel any opinion to the contrary, and her last interview with Joan London proved that. Unfortunately, she wasn't fooling. Mother from Hell booknerd12 I had to take a break from this book - it was depressing to read how weak she was (due to her awful mother). It was sad of course, and you knew how it was going to end, but it became tiresome reading about how everyone around her knew she was depressed and she took so little control of her life - but they just basically watched from the sidelines as she self destructed.I remember watching their last TV special and being stunned at how terribly thin Karen was. At the time I fig
After her shocking death at 32 years of age in 1983, she became the proverbial poster child for that disorder; but the other causes of her decline are laid bare for the first time in this moving account. Little Girl Blue is Karen Carpenter’s definitive biography, based on exclusive interviews with her innermost circle of girlfriends and nearly 100 others, including childhood friends, professional associates, and lovers.. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s
And that shift, when the forgotten little sister became star of the act, Schmidt argues, marked the beginning of Karen's deadly, lifelong struggle with weight. This was one setback too many for the gifted singer, and by 1983 she was dead, at 32. His sympathies for the star border on fawning, but the copious research and quick-moving narration make this a volume that die-hard Carpenters fans and casual listeners alike will find interesting. From Publishers Weekly From the beginning, Richard, not Karen, was the talented musician whose parents moved across the country for a better career. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. . Schmidt tracks the anxieties that seem to have driven her eating disorder, including a controlling mother and the lack of a stable love life. After the failure of her first solo effort, Karen made a bid for happiness with the dashing Tom