To be fair, Carly Simon was never going to struggle to find a publisher for a memoir.
But it’s from Flatiron Books. Which is an imprint of MacMillan. Which is a subsidiary of Simon and Schuster.
Carly Simon is a daughter of the Simon who started it all off.
I hope it’s titled “You Probably Think This Book Is About You”.
@Steve: that’s the sort of comment that makes me wish this blog had like buttons, but I’ll have to content myself with a *lol*.
Does it tell us who that song was about?
AndrewWS
She’s 70, I suspect that like most of us of advancing years she’s forgotten.
Bloke in North Dorset – “She’s 70, I suspect that like most of us of advancing years she’s forgotten.”
No she hasn’t. I would normally call this attention whoring – and I apologise for the length of the piece, but it really is spectacular attention whoring – but it really is a good song. So she is entitled. However Simon has been milking this for some time:
Can I just say that for the first time in my life, I feel something close to admiration for Warren Beatty? If you are the subject of a passive-aggressive revenge song, that is the way to deal with it.
(For the record, it is definitely not about me. Janet Jackson’s Black Cat? I prefer not to comment)
As I think about it, this is one of the advantages of being a traditional gentleman. Something we can learn from the ladies. Because if a gentleman does not tell, a lady certainly should not.
Ms Simon should have realised that and kept her mouth firmly shut. She should have taken the Sylvia Plath route and said nothing beyond her work. Whole careers have been made out of The Bell Jar.
Compare with, say, In The Air Tonight. When people ask Phil Collins about it, he tells them. It is not very gentlemanly, but it is a typical bloke thing. Someone asks, you answer. If he had kept his mouth shut, think of all the speculation that would have mounted by now. Think of the fevered second guessing. There might even be chairs in Phil Collins Studies (although you probably would have to top yourself and be a woman to get one of those).
Although people would be very disappointed if they shelled out £24 to buy the book only to discover it was the Help. I hope Ms Simon has something more interesting in store.