Love Affair
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250002753 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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She conceived the Origins product line for Estee Lauder, and was the first chairperson of The Natural Medicine Society in Great Britain. LESLIE KENTON is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and filmmaker who has written more than thirty books on health, beauty and spirituality, many of them bestsellers in the UK. She lives in London and New Zealand.
An Unfortunate Book For the Field of Sex Abuse and Incest As an advocate for sex abuse and incest survivors for the past 28 years, and the author of "Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse", I feel compelled to review this book. First let me say that I am sorry for the suffering that Leslie Kenton has endured, and. "Leslie is a Fraud" according to Matthew Johnson. A familiar story: Sensational accusations against a celebrity a billion years after the fact; problems with the stability of the accuser; strong professional motives; and, of course, immediate belief by the public without any corroborating evidence.Thank God Lesli. Engaging, disturbing read. I grew up with a father that was a devoted fan of Stan Kenton. This raw account of what he was like as a father, husband and man was sad and upsetting. Leslie Kenton is brave to have been able to write this memoir. Stan Kenton's talent and contribution to the musi
Unlike Woody Herman's, it didn't have an entertaining, singing showman up front. At first his experiments ran parallel to the beboppers, who were likewise introducing a more sophisticated harmonic system into jazz. And where Ellington famously disdained categories, Kenton reveled in creating terms like "artistry in rhythm" and "progressive jazz." His music was atR . Unlike Duke Ellington's, it didn't have a repertoire of well-known, original popular songs to bring in crowds. For the next three decades, he would be the most popular bandleader who played what was, essentially, art music. Unlike Count Basie's band, Kenton's didn'
There have been memoirs about incest before, but Love Affair is a surprisingly moving and elegant treatment of a young life, shared passion, and boundaries crossed.. As Stanley grapples with alcohol and his personal demons, gradually his actions threaten to destroy the only real, untainted thing in his life: Leslie. At its heart is the complex, ultimately incestuous, relationship with her father–a union so powerful it defines all that came after. A searing literary memoir of a disconnected childhood, a multigenerational upbringing and incest from the daughter of legendary jazz pianist Stan Kenton Leslie Kenton was the only child of Violet, a stunning Hitchcock blonde, and the legendary jazz giant Stan Kenton. The story takes place on the road in 1950s America and in the mania of Hollywooda world of jazz clubs, dance halls and onenighters, where lives were lived on a razor's edge. Love Affair takes us beyond the bright lights and glamour into an intense, claustrophobic world of a father a