What Happened, Miss Simone?

Download or read book What Happened, Miss Simone? written by Alan Light and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'From her raging, handwritten letters to late-night phone calls with David Bowie, this biography gets up close and personal with the tempestuous Nina Simone' Observer Drawing on glimpses into previously unseen diaries, rare interviews and childhood journals, and with the aid of her daughter, What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of the classically trained pianist who became a soul legend, a committed civil rights activist and one of the most influential, provocative and least understood artists of our time. This is the story of the real Miss Simone.