July 12: Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir by Pat Benatar
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If you turned on a rock radio station almost any time in the 1980s, you would regularly run into the music of Pat Benatar. Songs like “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Fire and Ice,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” and “All Fired Up” were among the 19 she put in the Top 40. Add to those credits sales of an estimated 20 to 30 million records worldwide, four Grammy Awards, and the distinction of being the first woman broadcast on MTV. But, just as or more importantly, Benatar was one of the pioneers who helped establish women as rockers, rather than just fans or purveyors of folk and fluff. But trailblazing and success come with their own high price tag, as KMUW book critic Sarah Bagby explains in this review of Benatar’s new memoir.
You can hear Sarah Bagby's book reviews the second and fourth Mondays of every month on Morning Edition and find additional information about the books and authors reviewed here.
Pat Benatar took on more serious social issues as her career progressed, including with this song about child abuse called “Hell Is for Children."
Majority Owner, Sarah Bagby, has over 25 years of experience at Watermark Books. This year Sarah was appointed to the Board of Directors for the American Book Association, and is currently serving in the first of a three year term. She is a member of the Midwest Booksellers Association, which serves a 10-state region, and recently served as president of the association. She also is on the Advisory Council of VOICE, an imprint of Hyperion Publishing. She is very active in the community, participates in several literary associations, and was selected to participate in Leadership Wichita.
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