This is an autobiography told in her own words.Holiday writes candidly of sexual abuse, confinement to institutions, heroin addiction, and the struggles of being African American before the rise of the Civil Rights Movement.According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle at the time of in publication, Dufty’s aim was ‘to let Holiday tell her story her way.Fact checking wasn’t his concern’.Since its publication, the book has been criticized for factual inaccuracies.The book formed the basis of the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross and has been republished a number of times./// This is a reprinted paperback in near to fine condition.(180 pages & 4 pages of book advertisements).The originally 1st edition was published in 1956.
