The Sara Bareilles memoir
Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song is a collection of very open, honest, sensitive essays which focuses largely on the singer/songwriter's career. It provides valuable insight into the music business from the perspective of an aspiring, struggling and now very successful artist. Sara is generous in sharing both her personal and professional experiences. The reader feels they truly know her as an artist and as a person after reading this book.
Sara does an excellent job of expressing her vulnerability, her strength and her passion for the music she creates, as we travel with her through the exciting but often rough and bumpy journey that has led her to realizing her creative vision and achieving stardom on her own terms. The more you know about Sara the more likable and relateable she is.
This book really comes across as a very personal and inspiring gift to her fans, who will get undoubtedly hear even more poignancy in her music after reading it.