THIRTIES - Dexterity

The Album in Portrait and Prose

BY JILL ANDREWS

The stories of a woman often go untold. Her struggles are kept as secrets. Her victories, discreet. Her pain, polite and unobtrusive. History records the ones who break her heart and the ones who mend it, yet it forgets the life and truth born in between. In Thirties: The Album in Portrait and Prose, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jill Andrews gives these unsung moments the voice and vision her music has always wanted.

Tenderly, hauntingly, and without fear, the thirteen sections in Thirties chronicle Andrews’s journey through a decade rife with both beauty and brutality. Each song-inspired vignette is further enlivened by thoughtfully curated photos, revealing experiences that are at once both universal and intimate. Andrews explores the isolation and the joy of motherhood, the loss of a lover and partner, and the experience of growing older in a world that expects you to stay young forever. Thirties resists contemplating the big, loud questions of the world, and rather, invites readers to find rest in knowing and loving themselves.

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Product Details

Publisher: Dexterity (March 23, 2020)
Length: 114 pages
ISBN: 9781947297166 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9781947297173 (eBook)
ISBN: 9781947297180 (Audiobook)

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About the Author

JILL ANDREWS is a Nashville-based songwriter whose songs have been featured on television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Nashville, and American Idol. She has collaborated and shared the stage with countless celebrated artists including: The Avett Brothers, Langhorne Slim, Willie Nelson, The Civil Wars, and Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors.

From her days fronting lauded Americana group, the everybodyfields, to her successful solo career as a writer and performer, Andrews’s music has taken her far from her East Tennessee roots. She is a graduate of East Tennessee State University where she studied Psychology and Criminology. Andrews lives in Madison, Tennessee with her husband Jerred and her two children, Nico and Falcon. Thirties: The Album in Portrait and Prose, Andrews’ first book, is the companion to her fourth album, Thirties.

Reviews and Endorsements

“A mesmerizingly beautiful companion book to the album Thirties by Indie-folk singer Jill Andrews—very personal and piercing—and highly recommended!”

—Chanticleer Reviews

“Her vocals are slick yet hushed, imbuing the song a nostalgic, atmospheric feel.”

—American Songwriter Magazine

“Entertaining, thought-provoking, Thirties: The Album in Portrait and Prose by Jill Andrews is an extraordinary and unique combination of literary and musical experience for the reader/listener. While especially and unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Composer & Musician Biographies, Photo Essays, and Contemporary Actor/Entertainer Biographies collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that Thirties: The Album in Portrait and Prose is also readily available in a digital book format.”

—Midwest Book Review

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