They Raised Me Up, 1: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her

by Carolyn Marie Wilkins

At the height of the cocaine-fueled 1980s, Carolyn Wilkins left a disastrous marriage in Seattle and, hoping to make it in the music business, moved with her four-year-old daughter to a gritty working-class town on the edge of Boston. They Raised Me Up is the story of her battle to succeed in the world of jam sessions and jazz clubs--a man's world where women were seen as either sex objects or doormats. To survive, she had to find a way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826220118
• ISBN13: 9780826220110
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.5"