WPKN Today (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
4:00 p.m. - Ken Best, Good Music Interview with Sheila Weller, author of the best-selling book "Girls Like Us," multiple biographies of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. Technorati tags: WPKN , radio
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Katie Jacobs, executive producer of Fox's hit series House, has purchased the film rights to Sheila Weller's bestselling nonfiction book, Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And the Journey of a Generation.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Writing in The New York Times about Sheila Weller's book Girls Like Us , which profiles Mitchell, Carole King and Carley Simon (and was written without Mitchell's co-operation or approval), Stephen Holden made an interesting point about the music of the three. While in the 1970s all were seen as models of female sexual emancipation, their work reflects an enduring belief in romantic love....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Named one of "The Greatest Artists of All Time" by Rolling Stone, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Taylor remains somewhat of an enigma, because his sunny, mellow songs often do not mesh with his somewhat troubled life of mental problems, drug addiction and failed romances (rehashed once again in Sheila Weller's recent book, "Girls Like Us," which details his affairs...
Ypulse (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... exploitation" of women...beginning at progressively younger ages") (BU Today) - Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller (Is going to the big screen. This looks like a great book for young women and I'm sure the movie will be super fun too.) (Powell's)
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Film News: 'House' producer options bestseller -- "House" executive producer Katie Jacobs has optioned the rights to the New York Times bestseller "Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And the Journey of a Generation" by Sheila Weller.
