The noted rhythm and blues singer shares her own turbulent life, in an anecdotal memoir that recalls her rise from poverty to the heights of musical fame and her struggle with addiction, obesity, loss, and broken love affairs. Foreword: ``Etta, the Time Is Now!''
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Acknowledgments
xiii
Jamesetta
3(8)
Years of Fears
11(6)
``Swing It Away, Echoes of Eden Choir!''
17(9)
Tragic Stroke
26(7)
Sugar on the Floor
33(5)
Wild
38(10)
Etta James
48(8)
More Road Shows
56(18)
Kings and Queens
74(8)
``Wake Up, Etta, and Tell the Man You a Nigger!''
82(9)
Rage
91(10)
At Last
101(10)
Jamesetta X
111(8)
``Dear God, How Did It Come to This?''
119(8)
Fluid on the Brain
127(5)
The Pimp
132(10)
The Repertoire
142(7)
``A Change Is Gonna Come''
149(5)
Working for My Habit
154(6)
``Bitch, I'm God''
160(8)
Gender Benders
168(7)
Security
175(7)
Frantic
182(6)
The Chicken Is Heroin
188(10)
Bonnie and Clyde
198(5)
Living for the City
203(6)
``I'm Etta James and I'm a Spoiled Baby''
209(6)
Rumble in the Jungle
215(7)
Deep in the Night
222(9)
Like a Rolling Stone
231(6)
``You Ever Heard of Etta James?''
237(9)
Back to the Blues
246(5)
Seven-Year Itch
251(8)
Swap-Meet Girl
259(6)
Selected Discography
265(1)
Index
266
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