Showing When I Grow up: A Memoir by Juliana Hatfield

Paperback. Pub the Date: September. 2008 Pages: 336 in Publisher: John Wiley By the early nineties. singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana of Hatfield's solo withcareer was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song Spin the Bottle from the Reality Bites film soundtrack. Then. after canceling a European tour to treat severe depression and failing to produce another hit. she spent a decade releasing well reviewed albums on indie labels and performing in ever-smaller clubs. A few years ago. she found herself reading the New Yorker on a filthy couch in the tiny dressing room of a punk club and asked. Why am I still doing this By turns wryly funny and woundingly sincere. When I Grow Up takes you behind the scenes of rock life as Hatfield recounts her best and worst days. the origins of her songs. the source o...