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Billie Holiday

Praise for Lady Sings the Blues

Its value is in its witness to the grinding humiliation of the racism that tainted every moment of her louche life

John Lahr, London Review of Books

A wrenchingly authentic account of Holiday's turbulent trajectory from abused child to jazz genius

Jane Shilling, Daily Mail

Her troubles are long behind her now. Her genius however, shows no sign of dimming any time soon.

Nick Hornby, Sunday Times

Its value is in its witness to the grinding humiliation of the racism that tainted every moment of her louche life

John Lahr, London Review of Books

A wrenchingly authentic account of Holiday's turbulent trajectory from abused child to jazz genius

Jane Shilling, Daily Mail

Her troubles are long behind her now. Her genius however, shows no sign of dimming any time soon.

Nick Hornby, Sunday Times

Its value is in its witness to the grinding humiliation of the racism that tainted every moment of her louche life

John Lahr, London Review of Books

A wrenchingly authentic account of Holiday's turbulent trajectory from abused child to jazz genius

Jane Shilling, Daily Mail

Her troubles are long behind her now. Her genius however, shows no sign of dimming any time soon.

Nick Hornby, Sunday Times

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