When I Grow Up

By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield's solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song ""Spin the Bottle"" from the Reality Bites film soundtrack. Then, after canceling a European tour to treat severe depression and failing to produce another ""hit,"" she spent a decade releasing well reviewed albums on indie labels and performing in ever-smaller clubs. A few years ago, she found herself reading the New Yorker on a filthy couch in the tiny dressing room of a punk club and asked, ""Why am I still doing this?"" By turns wryly funny and woundingly sincere, When I Grow Up takes you behind the scenes of rock life as Hatfield recounts her best and worst days, the origins of her songs, the source of her woes, and her quest to find a new purpose in life.

Author: Juliana Hatfield
Publisher: Trade Paper Press
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.56w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780470189597

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2008 pg. 11
Library Journal 10/13/2008
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001

About the Author
Juliana Hatfield is a singer-songwriter who came to prominence in the 1980s as a member of the band Blake Babies. Her vocals have been praised as "bewitching" by the New York Times. Her latest album, How to Walk Away, was released in August 2008.