Wow! I fell completely in love with Brandi Carlile while listening to this book! Dear Jennifer first recommended I read it last summer and it took me a whole year to get around to it. But when I finally did, I couldn’t get enough of it. I will say that I listened to it in the pool and I would highly recommend that you do the same. Brandi is the narrator so it feels like she is just sitting in the room with you telling you her story. And then at the end of each chapter she sings to you. What a fantastic experience! I laughed and I cried... so cliche but so true with this book. She is funny, she shares her pain and her joys so well and makes you feel what she has felt. I was rooting for her the whole way. She is humble and honest and owns her faults. And what drew me in the most is she is a stellar singer and uniquely brilliant songwriter. I used to love country music. Heck, I moved to Nashville because I wanted to get into publishing. But that was many years ago. Back when every song on the radio didn’t sound exactly the same and songs had real meaning. You could listen to songs that went along with whatever you were going through in your life - they had meaning. I’m afraid that by and large I just don’t find that in today’s country music.
But, Brandi Carlile (and the twins - LOVE them) are the real deal. The songs she sings have meaning and tell stories about real life - hers but so many apply to everyone else, too. Good stories are like that - they transcend any differences we might have and get to the root of our humanness. That is what Brandi does. After listening to this book I bought every single one of her albums and have listened to them all several times through. And I am now a lifelong forever fan.
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