Becoming Billie Holiday Cover:Hardcover "Nothing lasts so long as

"Nothing lasts so long as truth

human resilience over tragedy and disaster

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Long and illustrated by the New York Times bestselling artist Bea Jackson

Becoming Billie Holiday Cover:Hardcover "Nothing lasts so long asBefore the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey into legend took her through pain, poverty, and run ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her lifea voice. Eleanora could sing.