Bitter Crop: The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year

by Paul Alexander

Book Overview

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon

"A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion." --Sandra Cisneros, best-selling author of Woman Without Shame

In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more than two decades, Paul Alexander--author of heralded lives of Sylvia Plath and J. D. Salinger--gives us an unconventional portrait of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059331252X
• ISBN13: 9780593312520
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"