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Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words
Michael Owen
What The Reviewers Say
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The New York Times
Dignified but not starchy, efficient but not shallow, and honest about grief’s unrelenting toll ... Owen captures elegantly his survivor guilt.
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The Wall Street Journal
At the close of Mr. Owen’s biography one feels that one knows Ira Gershwin—knows him and likes him. In these pages we learn what the world thought of Ira Gershwin.
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Library Journal
Great reading for more than music lovers. This will be the definitive book on Ira for a long time.
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BookPage
Meticulously researched ... The Gershwin songs continue to be heard and enjoyed.
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Positive Kirkus
A vigorous biography that accords Ira Gershwin his due as a canonical American writer.
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