Indispensable [reading] about the feminine journey through a man's
world
--USA Today
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An intimate look at the lives of our most celebrated female
musicians--and their challenges with fame--from a legendary music
journalist**
Over four decades, Lisa Robinson has made a name for herself as a
celebrated journalist in a business long known for its boys' club
mentality. But to Robinson, the female performers who sat down with her,
most often at the peak of their careers, were the true revelations.
Based on conversations with more than forty female artists, Nobody Ever
Asked Me about the Girls is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the
effects of success on some of music's most famous women. From Tina
Turner, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Donna Summer, Bette Midler, Alanis
Morissette and Linda Ronstadt to Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, Jennifer
Lopez, Adele, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and numerous others, Robinson reveals
the private obsessions and public distractions that musicians contend
with in their pursuit of stardom. From these interviews emerge candid
portraits of how these women--regardless of genre or decade--deal with
image, abuse, love, motherhood, family, sex, drugs, business, and age.
Complete with reflections from Robinson's own career as a pioneering
female music writer, Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls offers an
overdue consideration of how hopes, dreams, and the drive for
recognition have propelled our most beloved female musicians to take the
stage and leave an undeniable, lasting musical mark on the world.
