54 Fairfield Street
Watchung Plaza
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.744.7177
Watchung Plaza
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.744.7177
10/14/2010 7:00 pm
10/14/2010 8:00 pm
Seating is limited. RSVP is necessary. Please call us at 973 744-7177 to place your reservation.
** only books purchsed through watchung booksellers will be signed **
This work is a rare treat, as Cash, firstborn to country music legend
Johnny Cash, is not only a hereditary celebrity musician, having made
scores of albums and #1 singles, but a terrific writer in her own right.
Indeed, her memoir is an intensely reflective, carefully hewn chronicle
of her coming-into-her-own as a writer. Born in 1955 to Johnny Cash's
littleknown first wife, Vivian, just at the breakthrough of her father's
music career with the hit "Cry, Cry, Cry," Cash describes herself as a
"pudgy, withdrawn girl" already aware that she was "a counterfeit with a
strange, hidden life." That included an anxious mother, three younger
sisters, and a father who was frequently absent and erratic, due to his
abuse at the time of amphetamines and barbiturates. From growing up in
Southern California to visits to her father's house in Hendersonville,
Tenn., Cash idolized her father and rarely questioned his authority,
such as sending her off to work at CBS Records in London at age 20. At
Vanderbilt University, she studied with Walter Sullivan; toyed with
Method acting in L.A.; then recorded four demos in Munich, Germany, for
Ariola Records, away from the scrutiny of comparison with her father.
Cash depicts pensively her early delight in analogue recording and
honing her writing craft. Despite an inordinate preponderance of funeral
eulogies and some odd structuring toward the end, Cash's memoir sheds
clear light on her talent and drive.
Can't make it? Order a copy online and we will have it signed for you!
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