
Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
by Rob Sheffield
Recommended by Harry Styles and Jamie Kilstein
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Nonfiction.
In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee. Rob and Renee's life together they wed after graduate school, both became music journali...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Nonfiction.
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