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(Book) . Nineteen seventy-seven. New York City. Dark. Dangerous. Thrilling. Punk Rock. Blondie. David Bowie. Drinking. Drugs. Happening at the speed of light. Seventeen-year old Laura, quaking within her skin while the bursting punk rock revolution explodes around her, starts a band with her teenage friends called the Student Teachers. She's the drummer. They play legendary clubs CBGB, Max's Kansas City, Hurrah they rehearse madly, write songs, and tour the East Coast. All between final exams at school. In comes Jimmy Destri from Blondie. He thinks the Student Teachers are terrific! And then he falls in love with Laura. He pulls her into the glamorous life of Blondie and introduces her to David Bowie. Bowie takes an interest in Laura's band, attends their rehearsals, and sets them up to open for Iggy Pop at the Palladium on Halloween 1979.
About the Author
Laura has spent her career as an attorney but is now pursuing her second love, writing. Her first love, her daughters, bring her eternal sunshine everyday. Meanwhile, she wrote her first story at the age of 12 on an electric typewriter in the attic and now, after "The Girl in the Back", she is working on the autobiography of Michael Alago, a unique and remarkable person who brought Metallica to the world and so much more. She is also working on a novel based on true events, about her mother entitled "A Finished Noise", and co-hosts a podcast on Philosophy and Fiction called "Phi Fic" on The Partially Examined podcast network.
