"A book like this is long overdue. Rosetta Tharpe was a major star and a huge influence on the musicians of her day. Listen to her recordings and you can hear all the building blocks of rock and roll."
—Joan Osborne, Singer-songwriter
"Rosetta was one of the most beloved and influential artists ever in gospel music... and she blazed a trail for the rest of us women guitarists with her indomitable spirit and accomplished, engaging style. She has long been deserving of wider recognition and a place of honor in the field of music history."
—Bonnie Raitt, Singer-songwriter
"Rosetta Tharpe was one of my first influences, one of the first people I heard sing. I'm glad Gayle Wald has done a book on her because people need to know."
—Isaac Hayes, Singer-songwriter
"Rosetta Tharpe was larger than life—but sometimes, as Gayle Wald tells the story, she was larger than herself. Wald's account of Tharpe's 1951 marriage in Griffith Stadium in Washington, D. C.—she signed a contract for the wedding, then went looking for the husband—is a classic American tall tale, except that it happened, and, in these pages, you are there."
—Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock-n-Roll
"…his story reinforces the importance in making every day, every second count, especially when those days are spent in the precious presence of the people who raised us."
Author appearance at the The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center on June 13
The Tent of Abraham, Joan Chittister, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow (cloth, July 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7728-3)
Wisconsin Public Radio, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Karen Armstrong, contributor to The Tent of Abraham, interviewed on June 11
The Tricky Part, by Martin Moran (cloth, June 2005, $23.95, 0-8070-7262-1)
Boston Globe, Shelf Life column, book is mentioned and author quoted in the June 11 issue
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