Book description
By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member
Juliana Hatfield's solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of
Spin
and Sassy
. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song "Spin the
Bottle" from the Reality Bites
film soundtrack. Then, after canceling a European tour to treat severe
depression and failing to produce another "hit," she spent a
decade releasing well reviewed albums on indie labels and performing in
ever-smaller clubs. A few years ago, she found herself reading the
New Yorker
on a filthy couch in the tiny dressing room of a punk club and asked,
"Why am I still doing this?" By turns wryly funny and
woundingly sincere, When I Grow Up
takes you behind the scenes of rock life as Hatfield recounts her best
and worst days, the origins of her songs, the source of her woes, and
her quest to find a new purpose in life. Juliana Hatfield
is a singer-songwriter who came to prominence in the 1980s as a member
of the band Blake Babies. Her vocals have been praised as
"bewitching" by the New York Times. Her latest album, How to
Walk Away, was released in August 2008.
