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Jewel (Author)
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Book Description

November 13, 2001

AIready a legendary performer in the music industry, Jewel has been writing poetry, short stories, and prose since she was young. She's also a bestselling author, poet, and actress. Now this uniquely talented artist opens the pages of her most intimate journals to give readers, fans, and friends a glimpse of her magical, turbulent life.

Drawn from life on the road during her Spirit World Tour, Jewel captures unforgettable moments from her childhood in Alaska, her beginnings as a struggling artist, and her challenges as a daughter, sister, and woman. With acutely observed, eloquent depictions of the musicians, lovers, bikers, strangers, celebrities, and characters that inhabit her world -- and illustrated throughout with candid, never-before-seen photos of Jewel and her own photojournalism and drawings -- Chasing Down the Dawn is more than a collection of vignettes, observations, and stories. It is a finely wrought mosaic in prose and poetry, set to the rhythms of life.



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From Publishers Weekly

This highly personal collection of essays, anecdotes and spontaneous statements accompanied by sweet, primitive drawings deals with Jewel's atypical childhood in Alaska, her struggling-musician days and her eventually successful music career, characterized by constant touring and putting up with the consequences of fame. Similar to Jewel's bestselling book of poems (A Night Without Armor), this compendium of prose exhibits a clear, direct, purposefully poignant and, at times, indulgent writing style. Jewel recognizes artistic quality when she sees it and often brings up names and their associations (touring with Bob Dylan, thinking about Italo Calvino's "If" before taking the stage), perhaps in an attempt to connect with them, and to show her admiration. Certainly, Jewel has talent and integrity, and, when she abandons a self-conscious posture, she can offer insights that are fresh and luminescent ("For me, the real beauty of singing is learning to play the instrument I've been given"). Unfortunately, her descriptive writing suffers too frequently from a surfeit of sentiment ("Do I like the dream I've dreamed or have I begun to feel like a prisoner of the dream?"). Jewel's name will carry this book a long wayAas will the catchy cover, an alluring photo of the poet/ writer on horseback. (Oct.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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You've heard Jewel's music (her debut disc, Pieces of You, sold ten million copies). You've read her first novel, A Night Without Armor (it went into 15 printings). Now it's time to catch up on her poems, essays, and stories.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: It Books (November 13, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061051403
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061051401
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #924,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING, October 3, 2000
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This review is from: Chasing Down the Dawn (Hardcover)
Let me tell you this first. I am a huge Jewel fan. But to put it lightly i really did not care for her last book. When I went to the bookstore to purchase this book I was questioning my motives for buying it. I started to look through it before I bought it and decided it looked OK and there were some cool pictures and drawings so I decided to buy it. Well much to my surprise it is amazing. I love it. Jewel captures so much emotion in her words. She describes the memories of here childhood in Alaska with such beauty that I now want to go on vacation there. She also writes about here experiences with crazed fans and the feeling she gets before, during, and after concerts. There are even some very funny moments in the book. It is somewhat of an autobiography but more a glimpse into the mind of a very talented and deep thinking artist. A++++ I recomend this book if you are a fan of Jewel's or not. Go buy it even if you did not like the last one as I did not. You will not be let down!
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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Visionary For Our Time, October 20, 2000
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Once again Jewel amazes me with her wonderful tales and poetic expressions. This new book of hers, Chasing Down The Dawn, is full of memorable stories and anecdotes from her life. The pictures of her self and her family are a kind of home photo album that bring you closer to the artist's heart. On reading this book I had the feeling that I was sitting in Jewel's living room with her and she was telling me stories about her childhood and her success as an artist. As always Jewel manages to lay bare her soul in a most entertaining way - I believe this is a book well worth any readers attention, even if they're not a total Jewel fan. There's much insight into human nature in its pages. And I feel better off for having read it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully intimate..., June 20, 2003
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When I purchased the video "Jewel: A Life Uncommon," I was disappointed. However, I found what I was searching for in her book "Chasing Down the Dawn."

This book is wonderful. Jewel demonstrates her talent for writing prose with astute observations and beautiful language. She is truly a talented writer. Part of what makes her so talented is that you can actually feel her emotions rising off the page--she writes of her childhood, the painful loss of her best friend, her relationships with both her mother and her father, and some of her family history. It is fascinating and could be fiction just as easily as nonfiction. She has truly led a unique life.

Supplementing the writings of Jewel are great photographs of her and her friends, and of her when she was younger and of places she has been. I found this to be a great addition to her writing.

This is a mandatory item for any Jewel fan--it will give you more insight into who she is and what she does and it is truly interesting.

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