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  • A Memoir to learn from4

    Susan Frances Singer, songwriter and actress Carole King, born Carol Joan Klein, opens up about her world, her music which is classic pop today, her endeavors to protect civil liberties, and her private life which has been fraught with highs and lows. She describes it all in her autobiography A Natural Woman: A Memoir. In the spirit of memoirs, King chronicles her memories from being a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, New York to learning to write music and follow her dream of moving to the West Coast and becoming a songwriter whose songs move people in a positive direction.

    She reveals her songwriting is only half of her story. The other half consists of her intimate relationships with men, her husbands, her collaborators, and her children whom she speaks about with great pride. King writes as though she is sitting in her living room and speaking to readers face to face. In her narration, she clears up rumors about her feelings towards music promoter Don Kirshner, her first husband Gerry Goffin, and the Democrats whom she has supported over the years.

    Her story is revealing without being tawdry. She writes with a classy voicing administering understanding for all parties involved and refraining from imposing her values on readers. Her memoir is written in a manner that tells her side of the situations she has encountered. She reveals her intentions behind both her professional and personal decisions, and her struggle to balance being a recording and performing artist with being a traditional mother and housewife.

    Though a few readers might be able to identify with King's professional life which has given her entry into elite social circles where she rubbed elbows with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney, and James Taylor, there are many aspects about her life which people outside of her clique can relate to. These include her conflicting feelings with staying in an abusive marriage, her frustrations dealing with neighbors who infringe on her space, and the everyday tribulations of raising children who each have their own personality.

    Carole King's memoir not only speaks about herself but also about a cross section of her generation who strove to balance traditional values with the rising movement to dismantle the established social order and broaden people's minds about civil liberties. At times, she goes into her own world which previously she shared with only a select few. Other times, she's speaking for an entire generation. King's autobiography is more than the telling of a pop music writer, it is also the portrait of an individual who wanted her parents to be proud of her, and for herself to be proud of her contributions to American music. by Susan Frances

  • A Memoir to learn from4

    Susan Frances Singer-songwriter-actress Carole King, born Carol Joan Klein, opens up about her world, her music which is classic pop today, her endeavors to protect civil liberties, and her private life which has been fraught with highs and lows. She describes it all in her autobiography A Natural Woman: A Memoir. In the spirit of memoirs, King chronicles her memories from being a little girl growing up in Brooklyn, New York to learning to write music and follow her dream of moving to the West Coast and becoming a songwriter whose songs move people in a positive direction.

    She reveals her songwriting is only half of her story. The other half consists of her intimate relationships with men, her husbands, her collaborators, and her children whom she speaks about with great pride. King writes as though she is sitting in her living room and speaking to readers face to face. In her narration, she clears up rumors about her feelings towards music promoter Don Kirshner, her first husband Gerry Goffin, and the Democrats whom she has supported over the years.

    Her story is revealing without being tawdry. She writes with a classy voicing administering understanding for all parties involved and refraining from imposing her values on readers. Her memoir is written in a manner that tells her side of the situations she has encountered. She reveals her intentions behind both her professional and personal decisions, and her struggle to balance being a recording and performing artist with being a traditional mother and housewife.

    Though a few readers might be able to identify with King's professional life which has given her entry into elite social circles where she rubbed elbows with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney, and James Taylor, there are many aspects about her life which people outside of her clique can relate to. These include her conflicting feelings with staying in an abusive marriage, her frustrations dealing with neighbors who infringe on her space, and the everyday tribulations of raising children who each have their own personality.

    Carole King's memoir not only speaks about herself but also about a cross section of her generation who strove to balance traditional values with the rising movement to dismantle the established social order and broaden people's minds about civil liberties. At times, she goes into her own world which previously she shared with only a select few. Other times, she's speaking for an entire generation. King's autobiography is more than the telling of a pop music writer, it is also the portrait of an individual who wanted her parents to be proud of her, and for herself to be proud of her contributions to American music. by Susan Frances

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