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Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter PDF

393 Pages·2010·8.53 MB·English
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L I T T L E G I R L B L U E Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 1 6/9/11 4:46 PM Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 2 6/9/11 4:46 PM L I T T L E G I R L B L U E R The Life of KAREN CARPENTER RANDY L. SCHMIDT Foreword by Dionne Warwick Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 3 6/9/11 4:46 PM The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Schmidt, Randy (Randy L.) Little girl blue : the life of Karen Carpenter / Randy L. Schmidt ; foreword by Dionne Warwick. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-55652-976-4 (hardcover) 1. Carpenter, Karen, 1950-1983. 2. Singers—United States—Biography. I. Title. ML420.C2564S36 2010 782.42164092—dc22 [B] 2009049044 cover and interior design: Monica Baziuk cover layout: Jonathan Hahn front cover image: The Carpenters, Paris, France, Septemeber 1971 © Shepard Sherbell / CORBIS SABA illustration on page ii: Copyright © 2010 by Chris Tassin Copyright © 2010 by Randy L. Schmidt All rights reserved Foreword copyright © 2010 by Dionne Warwick All rights reserved First hardcover edition published 2010 First paperback edition published 2011 Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN 978-1-56976-818-1 Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 4 6/9/11 4:46 PM For Camryn and Kaylee In loving memory Lindeigh Scotte (1956–2001) & Cynthia G. Ward (1975–2005) Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 5 6/9/11 4:46 PM Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 6 6/9/11 4:46 PM Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 7 6/9/11 4:46 PM Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 8 6/9/11 4:46 PM CONTENTS Foreword by Dionne Warwick — xi Author’s Note — xiii R PROLOGUE: Rainy Days and Rain Man — 3 1. California Dreamin’ — 11 2. Chopsticks on Barstools — 21 3. Stand in Line, Try to Climb — 39 4. Sprinkled Moondust — 51 5. You Put Us on the Road — 63 6. Nothing to Hide Behind — 83 7. America at Its Very Best? — 99 8. Moving Out — 111 Interior (368 pages)-Little Girl Blue, pbk.indd 9 6/9/11 4:46 PM

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