Feels like home : a song for the Sonoran borderlands
by Ronstadt, Linda (Author), Downes, Lawrence (Author)
Summary
"Feels Like Home is a love letter to Ronstadt's Mexican American roots. It tells of her coming of age in the world between Tucson and the Rio Sonora region of northern Mexico, presented through stories, photographs, and recipes"-- Full description
Summary: |
"Feels Like Home is a love letter to Ronstadt's Mexican American roots. It tells of her coming of age in the world between Tucson and the Rio Sonora region of northern Mexico, presented through stories, photographs, and recipes"-- Ronstadt effortlessly evokes the magical panorama of the high desert, offering a personal tour of the place where she came of age. Braiding together her recollections of people and their passions in a region little understood in the rest of the United States, she discusses the family, food, and music that shaped her life. -- adapted from back cover |
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Physical Description: |
xxvii, 218 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm |
ISBN: |
9781597145794 1597145793 |
Author Notes: |
Ronstadt's parents were of German, English and Mexican ancestry. She established her career in the 1960s and became the lead singer of a group called The Stone Poneys. Ronstadt toured with The Doors, Neil Young and Jackson Browne. In the 1970s, she became a solo artist and rose to become the top-grossing female concert artist of the decade. She appeared six times on the cover of Rolling Stone, as well as on Newsweek and Time. Some of her bestselling albums included: Don't Cry Now, Hasten Down the Wind, Heart Like a Wheel, Prisoner in Disguise and Simple Dreams. In the 1980s, Ronstadt appeared on Broadway in The Pirates of Penzance, and earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a musical, as well as a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards in 1983. She has had over 15 Grammy Award nominations, and won the lifetime achievement award in 2011 from the Latin Recording Academy. In 2013 she wrote her autobiography entitled: Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir. (Bowker Author Biography) |