Society's Child: My Autobiography Janis Ian hardcover, 361 pages Published July 24th, 2008 by Tarcher ISBN 158542675X (ISBN13: 9781585426751) Also available as an audiobook I've had respect and appreciation for Janis Ian since her Between the Lines album. As with the lyrics to her songs, Soc...
A delightful song by Grammy-award winner Janis Ian is matched with equally delightful illustrations by the great husband-wife team, Ingrid & Dieter Schubert. The book includes the score and a CD featuring a version of Ian singing the song and an instrumental version kids can sing to.
(read as audiobook)Although she's not widely recognized for it, Janis Ian was a pioneer--as a musician, as an admitted and acknowledged lesbian, and as an independent artist making use of the Internet to connect with fans and market her work. All of that gives her story continued relevance. And the ...
The audio had her songs and is narrated by Janis, herself!
A collection of stories about warriors coming into their own. As is generally the case with collections, it's a mixed bag, though with more good than bad. The bad:"The Magestone" by SM and Jan Stirling. The writing isn't great, but the story (about a n00b sailor who tries to help free a mermaid s...
wanted to give this 3 1/2 stars but they don't do that here on goodreads. given that i knew nothing about janis ian before i read this book, i must say that it was written well and in such a way that made it a really compelling read. she's obviously led a very interesting life and it's told in a w...
My favorite story in this collection was Esther Freisner's "Thunderbolt," a story about Helen of Troy. Also decent were Mike Resnick's "The Boy who called 'Dragon!'"
Ian should have fired her editor or her ghostwriter, whichever was responsible. Unreadable.
I really enjoyed this book--a great read for adolescent females.
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