Flood Audiobook Sale SOLD OUT Society's Child: My Autobiography & Who Really Cares

Due to the flooding from hurricanes Helene and Milton, Janis has lost her local storage space. In order to make space for Gracie Mae, we're clearing out product as quickly as possible. Since Audible decided to stop making physical product it's next to impossible to find these in CD format - and of course, you can't autograph digital product! The digital copies of these go for $32.95; physical copies would normally have sold for $39.95. We are offering a very limited number of these two audiobooks, both signed by Janis, for $29.95 (plus tax and postage of course!)

* Again, these can be signed and personalized but you must put that into the notes section of your order form! When you go to check out you'll see an "Add note to your order". Please note any personalization request there!!

*If you are unable to order this item it means we are sold out of it sorry. You can still purchase the audiobook of Who Really Cares, signed by Janis, for $12.95 while supplies last!

About Society's Child: My Autobiography:

"Her mesmerizing memoir transports us back in time with both words and music. Each chapter begins with an evocative lyric, and in this audio, read and sung by Ian, listeners are thrust into the moment." 
– Booklist featured review

* see note re packaging below!!

When Janis' autobiography first came out in print, no one wanted to make an audio book of it. We mean, no one. Not small publishers. Not big publishers. No one. Even when she offered to work for expenses, no one. "Audio books by singers just don't sell." "Who wants another bad audio book?" "You know it's a different thing than making a record, right?" So kudos to Audible.com and director Stefan Rudnicki for taking a chance, because...

Much to everyone's surprise, after a slow start (and brilliant reviews), the audio book went on to win a Grammy for "Best Spoken Word". The other nominees in that category were First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and television hosts Rachel Maddow and Ellen Degeneres. The competition prompted Janis to begin her acceptance speech by saying "There's a joke in here somewhere... an ex-president, the First lady, and three lesbians walk into a bar...."
A lot of people purchased the audio book after buying and reading the print edition, just so they could hear Janis singing what she writes about in the print book. A lot of people really love this during long car rides. A lot of people think she should do a lot more audio books. She's done several, but there's only so much time!

12 hours, 10 CD's, with Janis singing and playing throughout.

* You may receive a unit in the original Audible cardboard packaging; we had to special-order them because we try to save you money on postage. However, it does mean there is only cardboard and no shrink wrap. Some of them will have bent edges. Some of them will have slight markings. What you receive may not be absolutely cosmetically perfect. Just a head's up. Janis says it's absurd to even put this in here but we are trying to avoid complaints. Thank you.

About Who Really Cares:

Originally published in 1969, Who Really Cares began as a collection of the poems Janis had been writing since the age of seven. The book was later expanded with 10 previously unpublished poems that had been rejected by the original publisher, and a new poem. Janis took the opportunity afforded by her winning a Spoken Word Grammy to create this audiobook.

Janis: "I was always a little embarrassed at having a book of my 'poetry' out, especially because I was just fifteen, when everything is embarrassing.... Also, I'm a songwriter, not a poet. They're very different disciplines. I love the work of Diane Wakoski, Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot - to me, those are real poets.

"But the fact that it stayed in print 45+ years, and that many of my music fans drew a direct line from my early efforts at poetry to my later work as a songwriter, kept it in the back of my mind.

"I love narrating, so it was natural that I begin wondering whether this poetry could be made into an interesting audiobook. Once Jorge Reyes and I got into the studio, we started fooling with additional commentary before the poems, then added some keyboard underscoring. By the time we were done, I was thinking 'By gosh, this is so much better than I thought it could be!'

"As a side-note, I recently discovered Johnny Cash kept a well-thumbed copy of the original book in his personal library. Who am I to argue with Johnny Cash?!"