First Time Ever: A Memoir
by Peggy Seeger /
2017 / English / EPUB
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"A quirky, unique, and fabulously memorable memoir." - STARRED
"A quirky, unique, and fabulously memorable memoir." - STARREDKirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews"Like the singer herself, Seeger’s prose is fluid and sharp,
intimate yet measured. In a memoir profuse with exacting detail,
Seeger recalls the heady days when folk music ruled and shares the
innermost doubts and delights of a woman who never shied away from
life or love.”
"Like the singer herself, Seeger’s prose is fluid and sharp,
intimate yet measured. In a memoir profuse with exacting detail,
Seeger recalls the heady days when folk music ruled and shares the
innermost doubts and delights of a woman who never shied away from
life or love.”- Booklist
- Booklist
Peggy Seeger is one of folk music’s most influential artists and
songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood
steeped in music and left-wing politics – they remain her
lifeblood. After college, she traveled to Russia and China –
against US advice – before arriving in London, where she met the
man with whom she would raise three children and share the next
thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the
foundations of the British folk revival, through the influential
Critics Group and the landmark BBC Radio Ballads series. And as
Ewan’s muse, she inspired one of the twentieth century’s most
popular love songs, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".
Peggy Seeger is one of folk music’s most influential artists and
songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood
steeped in music and left-wing politics – they remain her
lifeblood. After college, she traveled to Russia and China –
against US advice – before arriving in London, where she met the
man with whom she would raise three children and share the next
thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the
foundations of the British folk revival, through the influential
Critics Group and the landmark BBC Radio Ballads series. And as
Ewan’s muse, she inspired one of the twentieth century’s most
popular love songs, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".
With a clear eye and generous spirit, Peggy writes of a
roller-coaster life – of birth and abortion, sex and infidelity,
devotion and betrayal – in a luminous, beautifully realized
account.
With a clear eye and generous spirit, Peggy writes of a
roller-coaster life – of birth and abortion, sex and infidelity,
devotion and betrayal – in a luminous, beautifully realized
account.
