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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marcia MenterPublisher: She Writes Press Imprint: She Writes Press ISBN: 9781647426620ISBN 10: 1647426626 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 18 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews“The author’s self-portrait is intimate and revealing, clear-eyed in its depictions of her disappointments and failings and suffused with wry humor... At the book’s heart is a colorful profile of Drummond-Grant written in evocative prose that conveys her talent and personality.” —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED “A stunning, subtle memoir. . . . Through tracking both Drummond-Grant’s performances as well as her own education as a singer, Marcia Menter gives us her own full voice with all its wit and sass. Here is a book for everyone who comes to understand that the choices we turn away from still determine our lives, a sparkling memoir of trying to do what you can’t really do—but blooming in the process.” —Molly Peacock, author of Paradise, Piece by Piece and A Friend Sails in on a Poem “Anyone who has ever wanted to sing will appreciate this love letter to the human voice, and to one singer in particular. Marcia Menter is bracingly honest about her frustrations as a young soprano. She finds her true calling as the biographer of her idol, Ann Drummond-Grant, a Scottish contralto who died at the peak of her career.” —Lori Laitman, critically acclaimed composer of operas, oratorios and art songs “This book is a delight. Menter’s frank account of her confused journey to adulthood is both amusing and poignant, but it will strike a chord with many, myself included. Above all, it is a fitting tribute to a great D’Oyly Carte artiste.” —Roberta Morrell, Stage director, D’Oyly Carte alumna and author of numerous books about the company “A stunning, subtle memoir. . . . Through tracking both Drummond-Grant’s performances as well as her own education as a singer, Marcia Menter gives us her own full voice with all its wit and sass. Here is a book for everyone who comes to understand that the choices we turn away from still determine our lives, a sparkling memoir of trying to do what you can’t really do—but blooming in the process.” —Molly Peacock, author of Paradise, Piece by Piece and A Friend Sails in on a Poem “Anyone who has ever wanted to sing will appreciate this love letter to the human voice, and to one singer in particular. Marcia Menter is bracingly honest about her frustrations as a young soprano. She finds her true calling as the biographer of her idol, Ann Drummond-Grant, a Scottish contralto who died at the peak of her career.” —Lori Laitman, critically acclaimed composer of operas, oratorios and art songs “This book is a delight. Menter’s frank account of her confused journey to adulthood is both amusing and poignant, but it will strike a chord with many, myself included. Above all, it is a fitting tribute to a great D’Oyly Carte artiste.” —Roberta Morrell, Stage director, D’Oyly Carte alumna and author of numerous books about the company Author InformationMarcia Menter grew up in Syracuse, New York, and earned a degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She has held senior writing and editing positions at national magazines including Glamour, Mademoiselle, Self, Redbook, and More magazine. Her self-help book, The Office Sutras: Exercises for Your Soul at Work, was published in 2003 by Red Wheel/Weiser Press. Her poetry chapbook, The Longing Machine, was published in 2007 by HappenStance Press in Scotland. She has published poems, essays, and literary criticism in journals in the US and UK. Menter lives in Manhattan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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