{"title":"Lucy O'brien","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the world of Lucy O'Brien, a celebrated music journalist and biographer. Explore her insightful works on iconic female artists, perfect for music lovers and those seeking feminist perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"she-bop-book-lucy-o-brien-9780140232325","title":"She Bop","description":"This is an account of the history of women in all aspects of the music business. It traces women's progress in the business, their struggles for acceptance as well as recognition and success. From the early years of ragtime and the jazz age, women have been stereotyped and kept in \"their place\" in an industry which has always been dominated and controlled by men. In order to survive, women have allowed themselves to be manipulated and there have been many casualties along the way. Today, female artists are starting to take control of all aspects of the business and men are being forced to listen. This book contains interviews with singers, musicians and women working in the music industry, and is written from a feminist perspective.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49506532720913,"sku":"GOR001241190","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49637317050641,"sku":"GOR003634474","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/014023232X.jpg?v=1751226988"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9781789295863","title":"Dusty","description":"The story of Dusty Springfield from the people who knew her, from her troubled childhood to 60s mod queen and enduring pop music icon.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49511871545617,"sku":"GOR013601969","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49587251478801,"sku":"GOR013583714","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49747323257105,"sku":"NGR9781789295863","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50116715675921,"sku":"CIN1789295866VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50116878237969,"sku":"CIN1789295866G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51051106140433,"sku":"NIN9781789295863","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52757693563153,"sku":"GOR014610206","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1789295866.jpg?v=1751426192"},{"product_id":"madonna-book-lucy-o-brien-9780552153614","title":"Madonna","description":"Madonna Ciccone is the biggest-selling female recording artist of all time, one of our greatest living pop stars and possibly the most famous woman in the world. With each pioneering album she has consistently reinvented her music and image, transcending the world of pop to become a global cultural icon. In 2018, unbelievably, she is hitting her 60th birthday.  Complete with detailed analysis of Madonna’s music and revealing interviews with her intimate inner circle, Lucy O’Brien provides a fascinating insight into Madonna’s life, her relationships and what motivates her as a woman and as an artist.  Here, at last, is the definitive biography of one of the biggest stars in the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49513848963345,"sku":"GOR001367770","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49662530257169,"sku":"GOR002114931","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0552153613.jpg?v=1751423598"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9780330393430","title":"Dusty","description":"Dusty Springfield's contribution to music was phenomenal - from her international hit 'I Only Want to Be With You' in 1963 to the chart-topping single 'What Have I Done to Deserve This' with the Pet Shop Boys in 1987, her musical career was as varied as it has been important. Her life was extraordinary and often harrowing as she battled with self-destructive addictions and a troubled sexuality that she concealed for years.This fully updated edition of Lucy O'Brien's seminal biography is a tribute to a star who is still held in huge affection. Her voice, recorded in all its vulnerability and passion, will endure for ever.   'Excellently researched and a bloody good read' Melody Maker    'Provocative and deadly accurate' Time Out","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49515861377297,"sku":"GOR001360592","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50469830263057,"sku":"CIN033039343XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50958145650961,"sku":"CIN033039343XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53397388984593,"sku":"GOR001347660","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53632553484561,"sku":"GOR002155789","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/033039343X.jpg?v=1751133974"},{"product_id":"she-bop-book-lucy-o-brien-9781908279279","title":"She Bop","description":"\"She Bop\" is the definitive in-depth study of women in popular music. Drawing on more than 250 firsthand interviews, it covers nine decades of musical history, from ragtime and vaudeville to punk and hip-hop, and features a remarkable cast of trailblazing female performers: Ella Fitzgerald and Madonna, Billie Holiday and Whitney Houston, Dusty Springfield and Beyonce, and many, many more. First published in 1995, \"She Bop\" was widely praised as a contemporary classic and a must for any serious muso's bookshelf. It became a key text on numerous university and college courses, and has had a major impact on writing about women in music. To coincide with the second edition, published in 2002, the National Portrait Gallery in London ran a \"She Bop\" exhibition of photographs inspired by the book, while BBC Radio 2 broadcast a two-part documentary series of the same name, which was scripted by O'Brien. In recent years there has been an explosion of female artists on the pop scene. Artists like Adele, Amy Winehouse, and Florence Welch have spearheaded a third British Invasion of the US charts, while American acts such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Katy Perry continue to dominate the global market. This revised and expanded third edition brings the story of \"She Bop\" into the 21st century, with extensive revisions throughout and a new final chapter covering the current generation of female performers and the ways in which the internet and digital culture have reconfigured the music industry for women.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532831269137,"sku":"GOR011864231","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50402429894929,"sku":"CIN1908279273G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50649738182929,"sku":"GOR008600236","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51726032601361,"sku":"GOR014379217","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1908279273.jpg?v=1751124080"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9781789291254","title":"Dusty","description":"Fully revised and updated, Lucy OBrien charts the incredible life and career of enduring icon, Dusty Springfield. The perfect companion to the biopic, Dusty, starring Gemma Arterton.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533301981457,"sku":"GOR010021493","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49763064774929,"sku":"CIN1789291259G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49786501759249,"sku":"GOR010263584","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51272229650705,"sku":"GOR009977913","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1789291259.jpg?v=1751448197"},{"product_id":"annie-lennox-book-lucy-o-brien-9780283061219","title":"Annie Lennox","description":"A view of Lennox's career from her early troubled days with Tourist through the monumental success of Eurythmics to the recent decision to take a pop sabbatical at the height of her career to work on behalf of the homeless.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49535246893329,"sku":"GOR005176450","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0283061219.jpg?v=1751195631"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9780711924208","title":"Dusty","description":"This covers Dusty's time with the Lana Sisters in the 1950s, her relationship with her brother Tom, the rise of the Springfields and her solo career in the 1960s. It considers the downward spiral of drink and drugs in the 70s, followed by her return to the international pop scene in the 1980s.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538041086225,"sku":"GOR001323206","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49854481596689,"sku":"GOR002430927","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52842683531537,"sku":"GOR004531369","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0711924201.jpg?v=1750743715"},{"product_id":"she-bop-book-lucy-o-brien-9780826457769","title":"She Bop","description":"Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues, to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet 80 years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only way to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute babe or sexy chanteuse? This text refuses to look at women artists simply as personalities, problems or victims. From dream babes to rock chicks , this is the uncompromising story of women as creators and innovators. It aims to provide a history of women in rock, pop and soul - on stage, on camera and working behind the scenes in a male - dominated industry. This edition includes an additional chapter and dozens of extra interviews, covering trends such as Girlpower, Lilith Fair rock, and the rise of the corporate Diva.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49539597140241,"sku":"GOR001745322","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50307858923793,"sku":"GOR013920452","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369459421457,"sku":"CIN0826457762A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369461846289,"sku":"CIN0826457762G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0826457762.jpg?v=1751427596"},{"product_id":"annie-lennox-book-lucy-o-brien-9780283060144","title":"Annie Lennox","description":"The author charts Annie Lennox's career from the early troubled days of The Tourists through the monumental success of Eurythmics to the recent decision to take a pop sabbatical at the height of her career to work on behalf of the homeless.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49540270194961,"sku":"GOR004560285","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556047692049,"sku":"GOR001932797","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/028306014X.jpg?v=1751005223"},{"product_id":"madonna-book-lucy-o-brien-9780593055472","title":"Madonna","description":"Madonna is the biggest female pop star in the world yet there is no serious biography of her, and no biography at all by a woman. Existing books are either gossipy style manuals or rehashes of press cuttings and they all end in 2001 with Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie. Yet her story hardly ends there, as evinced by her two record breaking world tours since then...Lucy O'Brien's extensive and well-researched biography will look at Madonna the artist, giving detailed analysis of her music, complete with revealing interviews with musicians and producers. It will focus on her cultural impact and the way she uses cinema, photography, visual art, theatre and dance in her work. It will take an in-depth look at how - and, more to the point, why - Madonna has reinvented herself through her twenties, thirties, forties and will no doubt do so again in her fifties. It will also look at the wider context and include interviews with similarly crusading female artists like Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Jeanette Winterson and Tracey Emin. This will be, quite simply, the definitive Madonna biography.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49566432035089,"sku":"GOR001745059","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49895738704145,"sku":"GOR004451296","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593055470.jpg?v=1751136214"},{"product_id":"she-bop-book-lucy-o-brien-9781911036678","title":"She Bop","description":"Fully revised and updated with fresh interviews and a striking new cover to celebrate its 25th anniversary, She Bop is the definitive in-depth study of women in popular music.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49569288126737,"sku":"GOR011573646","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738100048145,"sku":"NGR9781911036678","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49746506678545,"sku":"GOR011113614","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055495020817,"sku":"NIN9781911036678","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51684728602897,"sku":"CIN191103667XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51893822521617,"sku":"CIN191103667XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53238975693073,"sku":"GOR014822171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/191103667X.jpg?v=1750770137"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9780283998386","title":"Dusty","description":"Dusty Springfield's contribution to music over the last 25 years has been phenomenal. From her international hit \"I Only Want to be With You\", in 1963 through to the chart-topping single \"What Have I Done to Deserve this\", with the Pet Shop Boys in 1987, her musical career has been as varied as it has been important. As a presenter of the pioneering TV show \"Ready Steady Go\", she was credited as the person responsible for introducing Motown music to Britain, and her 1968 album \"Dusty in Memphis\" revolutionized the expected methods of production and delivery for white British singers. Suddenly, in 1974, at the very height of international success, she fled to Los Angeles, tired with the pop business and the constant invasion of her private life by tabloid press hounds. She became entangled in legal arguments with uninspiring managers and her old record company. It was only in the 1980s that she re-emerged as a major talent, achieving cult status among a younger generation of fans with her powerful voice and striking sicties-style appearance. There are comments in the book from personalities such as Cilla Black, Annie Lennox, Lulu and Alison Moyet, as well as Dusty herself and her longtime friend and current manager, Vicki Wickham.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571666952465,"sku":"GOR001478322","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49629528523025,"sku":"GOR001590355","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49648509321489,"sku":"GOR003671551","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0283998385.jpg?v=1750781007"},{"product_id":"madonna-book-lucy-o-brien-9780552176026","title":"Madonna","description":"The definitive biography of one of the world’s most famous women.  Madonna is the biggest-selling female recording artist in the world and one of our greatest living pop stars. With each pioneering album she has consistently reinvented her music and her image, transcending the world of pop to become a global cultural icon. In 2018, unbelievably, she is hitting her 60th birthday – yet she still remains as relevant as ever.   Lucy O’Brien’s extensive and well-researched biography looks at Madonna the artist, offering a detailed analysis of her music with input from acclaimed musicians and producers, as well revealing interviews from her intimate inner circle. She follows Madonna from her difficult childhood and those frenetic early years in New York, through the shocks and scandals of the 1990s Sex era to her twenty-first-century incarnation as an outspoken activist.  Providing a fascinating insight into her life, relationships and what motivates her as a woman and an artist, Madonna: Like an Icon is the definitive biography of one of the biggest stars in the world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49571989979409,"sku":"GOR009590736","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49731221324049,"sku":"NGR9780552176026","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51828352844049,"sku":"GOR010532922","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52329082224913,"sku":"GOR013591904","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52638891114769,"sku":"GOR011280082","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0552176028.jpg?v=1751040275"},{"product_id":"she-bop-book-lucy-o-brien-9780140251555","title":"She Bop","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49573093474577,"sku":"GOR003656980","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345345188113,"sku":"CIN0140251553G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345386836241,"sku":"CIN0140251553VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51868653551889,"sku":"GOR014436431","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0140251553.jpg?v=1750908973"},{"product_id":"dusty-book-lucy-o-brien-9780283063473","title":"Dusty","description":"Dusty Springfield, considered by many to be Britain's greatest-ever female pop vocalist, has led an often harrowing life. This book offers an updated biography of Dusty, who lost her battle against terminal cancer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49588003045649,"sku":"GOR003558942","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52631815618833,"sku":"GOR005013011","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53602174337297,"sku":"CIN0283063475VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0283063475.jpg?v=1751432013"},{"product_id":"she-bop-ii-book-lucy-o-brien-9780826472083","title":"She Bop II","description":"Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Women like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were the original pop divas, yet eighty years after they blazed a trail, have their successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve? Or has the only way to success been to slot into saleable images of the cute baby or sexy chanteuse?  This is the story of women as creators and innovators, aiming to provide a history of women in rock, pop and soul - on stage, on camera and working behind the scenes in a male-dominated industry. This edition contains an extra chapter and interviews covering trends such as Girlpower.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49635387506961,"sku":"GOR002456365","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49653266514193,"sku":"GOR012968327","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49981233266961,"sku":"GOR011183288","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369552351505,"sku":"CIN0826472087A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50369556971793,"sku":"CIN0826472087G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53547730501905,"sku":"GOR006028475","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0826472087.jpg?v=1751043970"},{"product_id":"lead-sister-the-story-of-karen-carpenter-book-lucy-o-brien-9781788708272","title":"Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter","description":"***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***  A Times Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Book of the Year  'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug. Anybody who is a fan should pick this up.' - ANITA RANI  'A fascinating but tragic story.' 4\/5 - MOJO  When the Carpenters first toured Japan, a journalist mistakenly referred to Karen as the 'lead sister' of the band. This designation stuck and Karen liked it so much that she had a T-shirt custom-made with the slogan, which she wore while drumming on the band's 1976 world tour. The term also sums up the approach of this biography: a celebratory re-evaluation of a pioneering woman.  As one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1970s, sibling duo Richard and Karen Carpenter created lush soundscapes of melodic pop, producing global hits like 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Top of the World' and 'Close to You'. However, though Karen is rightly recognised as one of the greatest singers in popular music, the tragedy of her early death in 1983, at the age of just thirty-two, often overshadows all that she achieved. She has long been portrayed as a victim, controlled by her family and exploited by the music industry.  This book now seeks to reframe her life and legacy.  Through fresh interviews with friends, musicians and co-workers, bestselling author Lucy O'Brien's fascinating profile explores Karen's contributions in the studio as a singer, drummer, arranger and producer, as well as tracing the roots of the Carpenters' sound and of Karen's distinctive vocals. Forty years after her death, it also honours the lead sister's achievements in the face of her struggle with anorexia, as viewed through the lens of new perspectives on eating disorders and mental health.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49796310008081,"sku":"GOR013677492","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50698818126097,"sku":"NGR9781788708272","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51379305480465,"sku":"GOR014247387","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51726202765585,"sku":"GOR014379456","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52475069366545,"sku":"NLS9781788708272","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53474520989969,"sku":"CIN178870827XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/178870827X.jpg?v=1759225972"},{"product_id":"lead-sister-book-lucy-o-brien-9781538184462","title":"Lead Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This may well become the definitive biography of Carpenter....Pop music fans will appreciate this strong biography.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eStarred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e2023 Best Book of the Year - Pop Music\u003cbr\u003e Named one of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e17 best rock and pop music books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking biography reevaluating the life and legacy of transcendent musician Karen Carpenter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1970s, the Carpenters are celebrated for their melodic pop and unforgettable hits like \"Close to You,\" \"Yesterday,\" and \"Top of the World.\" Though Karen is rightly recognized as one of the greatest singers in popular music, the tragedy of her early death in 1983 at the young age of just thirty-two sometimes overshadows her incredible achievements. She has often been portrayed as a victim, controlled by her family and exploited by the music industry.\u003cbr\u003e Forty years after her death, this biography reframes her life and legacy as a pioneering woman with her own vision and agency. With exclusive interviews with friends, musicians, and collaborators, bestselling author Lucy O'Brien explores Karen's contributions as a singer, drummer, arranger, and producer, and traces the roots of the Carpenters' iconic sound. \u003ci\u003eLead Sister\u003c\/i\u003e also honors Karen's triumphs in the face of her struggle with anorexia, providing contemporary perspectives on eating disorders and mental health. Despite the chronic nature of her illness, Karen Carpenter was, above all, a creative, dedicated, and assured artist whose music delivers an emotional resonance that has transcended generations--and that is how she should be remembered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49930484482321,"sku":"CIN153818446XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50052937416977,"sku":"CIN153818446XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379387371793,"sku":"CIN153818446XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51553752908049,"sku":"NIN9781538184462","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/153818446X.jpg?v=1754286988"},{"product_id":"lead-sister-the-story-of-karen-carpenter-book-lucy-o-brien-9781788708241","title":"Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter","description":"***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***  A Times Book of the Year A Financial Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Book of the Year  'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug. Anybody who is a fan should pick this up.' - ANITA RANI  'A fascinating but tragic story.' 4\/5 - MOJO  When the Carpenters first toured Japan, a journalist mistakenly referred to Karen as the 'lead sister' of the band. This designation stuck and Karen liked it so much that she had a T-shirt custom-made with the slogan, which she wore while drumming on the band's 1976 world tour. The term also sums up the approach of this biography: a celebratory re-evaluation of a pioneering woman.  As one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1970s, sibling duo Richard and Karen Carpenter created lush soundscapes of melodic pop, producing global hits like 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Top of the World' and 'Close to You'. However, though Karen is rightly recognised as one of the greatest singers in popular music, the tragedy of her early death in 1983, at the age of just thirty-two, often overshadows all that she achieved. She has long been portrayed as a victim, controlled by her family and exploited by the music industry.  This book now seeks to reframe her life and legacy.  Through fresh interviews with friends, musicians and co-workers, bestselling author Lucy O'Brien's fascinating profile explores Karen's contributions in the studio as a singer, drummer, arranger and producer, as well as tracing the roots of the Carpenters' sound and of Karen's distinctive vocals. Forty years after her death, it also honours the lead sister's achievements in the face of her struggle with anorexia, as viewed through the lens of new perspectives on eating disorders and mental health.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50035929776401,"sku":"CIN1788708245G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50137408274705,"sku":"GOR012915140","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50144227361041,"sku":"NGR9781788708241","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50921275916561,"sku":"GOR013634804","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52109416890641,"sku":"GOR012927174","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1788708245.jpg?v=1759227268"},{"product_id":"self-knowing-agents-book-lucy-o-brien-9780199261482","title":"Self-Knowing Agents","description":"Lucy OBrien argues that a satisfactory account of first-person reference and self-knowledge needs to concentrate on our nature as agents. She considers two main questions. First, what account of first-person reference can we give that respects the guaranteed nature of such reference? Second, what account can we give of our knowledge of our mental and physical actions? Clearly written, with rigorous discussion of rival views, this book will be of interest to anyone working in the philosophy of mind and action.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51146976330001,"sku":"NIN9780199261482","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52423636189457,"sku":"NLS9780199261482","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0199261482.jpg?v=1750843860"},{"product_id":"katydid-book-lucy-o-brien-9780908607419","title":"Katydid","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51595879710993,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51595879842065,"sku":"GOR014312970","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0908607415.jpg?v=1751298059"},{"product_id":"mental-actions-book-lucy-o-brien-9780199225989","title":"Mental Actions","description":"This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions -- imagining, remembering, judging, for instance? How should we explain our knowledge of our mental actions, and what light does that throw on self-knowledge in general? What contributions do mental actions make to our consciousness? What is the relationship between the voluntary and the active, in the mental sphere? What are the similarities and differences between mental and physical action, and what can we learn about each from the other?","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52120770707729,"sku":"NLS9780199225989","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780199225989.jpg?v=1757427215"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-lucy-o-brien.oembed?page=3","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}