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A Memoir
Harlem Moon
May 2007
On Sale: May 8, 2007
165 pages
ISBN: 0767924061
EAN: 9780767924061
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Non-Fiction Memoir
“Music is a world within itself, with a language we all
understand.” —Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke” In 2003, young professor Ferentz LaFargue traveled to Paris,
where his fiancée, Tricia, declared she wasn’t happy with
their relationship, ending what he thought was a wonderful
engagement. After days of “craying”—“that sorrow-laden blend
of crying and praying delivered in perfect pitch by those in
mourning”—Ferentz happened upon Stevie Wonder’s 1976 classic
double album Songs in the Key of Life. Listening to it anew
was a healing, spiritual trip down memory lane, helping him
to come to terms with his breakup and reflect on how songs
in general have been linked to his life. In this book, Ferentz invites us to get cozy and listen as
he hits PLAY on meaningful tracks from Wonder and others,
including Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, LL Cool J, Beenie Man,
Sheryl Crow, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, and Black
Sabbath. He recalls: How the fusion of rock and rap in the breakthrough
Run-D.M.C./Aerosmith video “Walk This Way” helped to change
an adolescent Ferentz from outcast to authority figure How Michael Jackson’s Thriller brought back a traumatic
childhood experience How Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” speaks to the tension between
his Christian beliefs and his need to rip it up in clubs as
a hip-hop head In the tradition of Nick Hornby’s Songbook¸ these words
paint a portrait of a life framed by sounds, allowing all of
us to think about what songs have been key in our own lives.
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