Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton"Suits Me is the biography of a now notorious jazz musician named Billy Tipton, who grew up as Dorothy Tipton in Oklahoma City and Kansas City but lived as a man from the time she was nineteen until she died at age seventy-four. Billy Tipton's death in Spokane, Washington, made news all over the world, not because he was celebrated as a musician but because the scale of his deception - he had been "married" to five women and had reared several adopted children - and the scarcity of ready explanations endowed the skimpy available facts with the aura of myth." "But locked away in Billy's office closet lay files of clippings and photographs documenting the transformation of Billy from she to he, as well as a legacy of annotated comic routines, musical arrangements, and program notes. These revealed to Diane Wood Middlebrook how Billy scattered clues and riddles night after night about the drag she wore. These hints were so bold that they helped conceal Billy's secrets." "With brio and pathos, Suits Me tells the life story of this brilliant deceiver, who lived and loved in two skins, one of each sex."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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As she often said , she would rather do without than look cheap . That was one of
the lessons she drummed into her children : “ If you ' re going to buy something ,
buy the best . ” She liked being surrounded by well - dressed people and fine ...
As she often said , she would rather do without than look cheap . That was one of
the lessons she drummed into her children : “ If you ' re going to buy something ,
buy the best . ” She liked being surrounded by well - dressed people and fine ...
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George made himself look much younger by applying elaborate makeup ,
including base , eyeliner , and powder ( in one publicity photo he appears to be
wearing lipstick ) . “ Took him longer to put on his face than it took me , by far !
George made himself look much younger by applying elaborate makeup ,
including base , eyeliner , and powder ( in one publicity photo he appears to be
wearing lipstick ) . “ Took him longer to put on his face than it took me , by far !
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Not just how does your music sound , but how do you look , how do you present
yourself as a whole package . He was not in his prime physically , from an
appearance perspective . I heard him play a little bit on that piano and on our
piano at ...
Not just how does your music sound , but how do you look , how do you present
yourself as a whole package . He was not in his prime physically , from an
appearance perspective . I heard him play a little bit on that piano and on our
piano at ...
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Reseña de usuario - bookwormteri - LibraryThingWhile I found this book super interesting, I definitely felt the lack of Billy's perspective in this story. An incomplete read without knowing what he was thinking and feeling and his motivation ... Leer reseña completa
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Reseña de usuario - ursula - LibraryThingThis was a very interesting book about Billy Tipton, a musician in the jazz/swing era who was born a woman but passed as a man almost his entire adult life. It's both fascinating and frustrating ... Leer reseña completa
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| Título | Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton Peter Davison bk |
| Autor | Diane Wood Middlebrook |
| Colaborador | Diane Wood Middlebrook |
| Edición | ilustrada, anotada |
| Editor | Houghton Mifflin, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0395654890, 9780395654897 |
| N.º de páginas | 326 páginas |
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