Description |
1 online resource (268 pages) |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Set in Los Angeles in the early 90s, the novel chronicles the early days of an indie band as they meet, practice, make their first record, and get their first break/big gig. It's also the story of the the flowering love affair between John and Jenny, the two charming if troubled guitarists/singers in the band. John is by day a misanthropic substitute teacher in the zany, sometimes horrific LA Unified School District; Jenny is an mysterious recovering child prodigy. Along the way, the couple and their bandmates make momentous discoveries about themselves and the Hollywood milieu in which t. |
Contents |
Title Page; Copyright; Epigraph; Chapter 1 -- VERSE: the house she used to live in; Chapter 2 -- VERSE: being for the benefit of Mr Kite; Chapter 3 -- CHORUS: my head is filled with things to say; Chapter 4 -- VERSE: she said she said; Chapter 5 -- CHORUS: just like honey; Chapter 6 -- BRIDGE: you're on top of the world; Chapter 7 -- INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE: it's in the way she talks; Chapter 8 -- VERSE: please please baby lemonade; Chapter 9 -- CHORUS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Chapter 10 -- OUTRO: let me take you down; Acknowledgments. |
Subject |
Rock musicians -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Rock groups -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Rock groups. (OCoLC)fst01099179
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Rock musicians. (OCoLC)fst01099238
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9781891241109 |
ISBN |
9781891241932 (electronic bk.) |
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1891241931 (electronic bk.) |
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