Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
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The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz. Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. It was not until 1967, when a white Jewish producer insisted she return to her...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0316196835
ISBN13:9780316196833
Release Date:October 2014
Publisher:Little Brown and Company
Length:528 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.8" x 6.5" x 9.8"
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