This is the story of a young girl from a family where her father was blacklisted during the McCarthy era forcing him to find a new job and move his family....
Because of the song's first-person perspective, and because of her age, many assumed that 'Society's Child' was based on events in her own life.Book Review: “Society’s Child” by Janis Ian
This is another review of another book I picked up a couple week’s ago at a used book store for $5 – Society’s Child: my autobiography by Janis Ian.
Now here’s a strange little twist…I follow Janis on Facebook, but I couldn’t tell you why or when I started. I just do. I don’t own any of her albums, nor have I ever followed her career.
The book contains the most sickening account of child abuse that I have ever come across, as well as many examples of the paranoid fear of socialists.
She’s just been kinda there…and I do enjoy her posts. So, when I saw this book, I guessed it was about time I got to know her a little better.
You know the story…little Jewish girl from New York makes it big and leads a fabulous, glamorous life filled with the very best of everything?
Well, this ain’t that story! This is the story of a young girl from a family where her father was blacklisted during the McCarthy era forcing him to find a new job and move his family every two years. It’s the story of an a