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Little Girl Blue

The Life of Karen Carpenter

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Little Girl Blue

By: Randy L. Schmidt
Narrated by: Cheryl Bentyne
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Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar.

Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970's, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen's heartbreaking struggles with her mother, brother, and husband; the intimate disclosures she made to her closest friends; her love for playing drums and her frustrated quest for solo stardom; and the ups and downs of her treatment for anorexia nervosa. After her shocking death at 32 years of age in 1983, she became the proverbial poster child for that disorder; but the other causes of her decline are laid bare for the first time in this moving account.

Little Girl Blue is Karen Carpenter's definitive biography, based on exclusive interviews with her innermost circle of girlfriends and nearly 100 others, including childhood friends, professional associates, and lovers.

©2010 Randy L. Schmidt (P)2013 Randy L. Schmidt Entertainment & Celebrities Music Women Celebrity Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt
Well-researched Biography • Insightful Musical Journey • Beautiful Narration • Comprehensive Family Dynamics • Smooth Voice
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Very good read. Revealed many aspects of Karen’s life and career that I did not know. Worth reading.

Revealing

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very informative. easy to follow and insightful on the life and loss of the amazing star: karen carpenter

I love karen

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Wonderful, loving presentation of KAC. If your even remotely a fan, this is for you.
KC if I ever happen to pass your loving spirit someday, somewhere. Please gently tug on my sleeve.

If I Ever

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What a great book but so sad that her parents could never see Karen’s talent above Richard’s. Without Karen, there wouldn’t have been The Carpenters. I loved her sense of humor her friends shared in the book. She seemed like an awesome person and friend. The voice reading the book was very soothing but made me visualize the people who were part of the book. I learned so much about Karen the person. Another good soul taken too soon.

She Played Second Fiddle to Richard in Everything

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Narrator had a smooth voice which seemed to fit the kind of vanilla image Carpenter had, as well as Carpenter's own voice. I found the end of the book with her marriage, attempts to get better, solo album, and decline to be far more interesting than the beginning. My only criticism is that I would have liked to hear more psychological evaluations of the family. There is no doubt in my own mind that Karen's mother was a dangerous narcissist, and I suspect both kids were as well, including Karen, at least to a degree. And her relationship with her brother was also very bizarre. Karen's personality, at least as expressed in this book, is very contradictory and could have used some analysis.

Kept me listening all week

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very well researched and written
accurate description of her life and music.
can't stop listening.

a delight but also suffused with sadness

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I enjoyed reading about Karen Carpenter’s life as a singer and through her struggle with anorexia. She’s one of my favorite singers.

One of my favorite books

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I was pleased to see this in audio format. I don't regret listening to it. However it was disappointing. I was hoping to hear a deeper account of Karen's creative process, not just an anecdotal account of her life with excessive detail about her death.

Karen as Victim

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If you really want to know what happened to Karen Carpenter. This book is a must

Amazing book...

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I really loved the book. The only reason I gave it four stars for overall is I wish it had more of Karen's early life. Of course, I don't think Richard Carpenter would be interviewed. That is strange as I would think he'd want the truth out when it comes to what happened in Karen's early life that was so traumatizing. Then, of course, I have to say Karen herself was altogether overconfident when it came the gift of life she was given at her birth. Life is a gift and it will go in a whiff of wind if one does not respect The Gift Of Life. Completely sad for Karen and her family. I do pray for her and them.

Very Interesting. So Sad.

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