{"product_id":"bitter-crop-paul-alexander-9781837262410","title":"Bitter Crop","description":"\u003cp\u003eBitter Crop is an unconventional portrait of arguably America's most eminent jazz singer. Acclaimed biographer Paul Alexander shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life - with relevant flashbacks to provide context - to evoke and examine the persistent magnificence of Holiday's artistry when it was supposed to have declined, in the wake of her drug abuse, relationships with violent men, and run-ins with the law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  During her lifetime and after her death, Billie Holiday was often depicted as a down-on-her-luck junkie severely lacking in self-esteem. Relying on interviews with people who knew her and new material unearthed in private collections and institutional archives, Bitter Crop limns Holiday as a powerful, ambitious woman who overcame her flaws to triumph as a vital figure of American popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Alexander","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":48895591874803,"sku":"9990002976490","price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781837262410.jpg?v=1777579693","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/bitter-crop-paul-alexander-9781837262410","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}