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Daisy Jones & the six : a novel

Summary: "A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer--and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It's the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all. Billy Dunne and his brother have a band called The Six that won't be playing weddings for long. They are ambitious, hard-rocking, hard-partying. When they land a record deal, Billy's girlfriend follows them to the west coast and life begins. But she finds out she's pregnant on the eve of their first tour, and the pressure of fatherhood and incipient fame make Billy go a little crazy on the road. Daisy and Billy's paths cross when a manager realizes that the key to skyrocketing success is to put them together. But oil and water don't even begin to describe how they mix. And what happens next will become the stuff of legend. Written in the style of an "as-told-to" rock autobiography, Daisy Jones & The Six is an unforgettable ride."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780385692175 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 355 pages ; 24 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2019.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
California -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Rock groups -- Fiction
Women rock musicians -- Fiction

Available copies

  • 20 of 24 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rossland Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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  • Random House, Inc.
    NATIONAL AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
    WINNER OF THE 2019 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
    A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post &; Esquire &; Glamour &; CBC &; NPR &; Marie Claire &; Real Simple &; Good Housekeeping &; Parade &; Shelf Awareness &; BookRiot &; E! News &; Mental Floss &; Paste

    "I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Daisy and the band captured my heart." &;Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)

    A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.

    Everyone knows Daisy Jone & The Six: The band's album Aurora came to define the rock 'n' roll era of the late seventies, and an entire generation of girls wanted to grow up to be Daisy. But no one knows the reason behind the group's split on the night of their final concert at Chicago Stadium on July 12, 1979 . . . until now.

    Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

    Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she's pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

    Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

    The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
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