{"product_id":"nobody-broke-your-heart-an-intimate-biography-of-elliott-smith","title":"Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJamie Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer, Mandarin Chinese translator, and staff researcher for \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e Her essays and book reviews have appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003e The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe L.A. Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003ci\u003e Nobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Journalist and debut author Fisher draws on a wealth of interviews with Elliot Smith's friends, family, and colleagues for this revealing biography of the indie singer-songwriter... Fisher does nimble work in burrowing beneath the tortured artist stereotype to paint Smith as a sensitive, giving, eccentric, and sometimes obstinate musician whose ability to feel deeply was both his gift and his downfall. For Smith's fans, this is a must.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Publishers Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Readers of this book will be left with the impression of a poet who spent his short life in a state of disheveled sweetness, rapturous silliness, and inexhaustible pain. The bighearted biography that Smith and his acolytes deserve.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Kirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful, deeply felt inquiry into the life and work of one of pop music's last great enigmas. \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond biography and instead becomes a search for the soul of Elliott Smith. Jamie Fisher has delivered a fully dimensional, psychologically revealing portrait that brings new meaning to the man and the artist.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eBob Mehr, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Informed and animated by the same radical tenderness that drove its subject, \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is brutal and beautiful, the best biography I have read in years. Jamie Fisher's encyclopedic knowledge of Elliott's influences, earliest musical ventures, and childhood is set against the difficulties of his later life and tragic death, a tapestry in which Elliott's siblings, parents, best friends, band mates, and lovers become characters as vital as Smith himself... For decades I've wondered how Elliott Smith managed to distill so much pain into so much beauty; now, I'm asking the same question about Jamie Fisher's \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Emily Van Duyne, author of L\u003ci\u003eoving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"It's tough to overstate the influence of Elliott Smith's yearning, tender folk songs on the last several decades of American music, and he deserves a biography as good as this one. Jamie Fisher is a meticulous reporter and a deeply thoughtful writer; \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e gives shape to Smith's devastations and his triumphs, making sense of a life that was equal parts tragic and extraordinary.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Amanda Petrusich, author of \u003ci\u003eIt Still Moves \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDo Not Sell at Any Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart \u003c\/i\u003epainstakingly overturns seemingly every stone in Elliott Smith's all-too-brief life and glosses the finds with wisdom, empathy and a depth of appreciation that only a true fan can bring.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Michael Azerrad\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOur Band Could Be Your Life \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Like many musical geniuses, Elliott Smith was a complicated person. But \n\u003ci\u003e Nobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e treats these complexities with tenderness and sensitivity. Fisher also did a jaw-dropping amount of reporting for this book; as a whole, these interviews with people from Smith's life illuminate his music and humanity.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Annie Zaleski, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTaylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs \u003c\/i\u003eand music journalist\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe first all-encompassing biography of Elliott Smith, offering an intimate portrait of his life and musical legacy with brand-new interviews, lyrics, and correspondence from the people closest to him, many speaking for the first time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, nuanced narrative of Elliott Smith, one of the most influential and tragic musicians of the 1990s, whose records are deeply beloved to this day, written by \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker-\u003c\/i\u003epublished author Jamie Fisher. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with his childhood in Texas, following him through his making as an artist in Portland and New York, and reckoning honestly with his unmaking in Los Angeles, Fisher has used never-before-seen archival evidence (unheard recordings, draft lyrics, photos, and correspondence) alongside extensive interviews with friends, family, girlfriends, and collaborators to shed light on the real Elliott Smith, in all his complexity. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly animating Elliott's world and analyzing his work and legacy in loving depth, \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Broke Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for anyone who loves Elliott Smith and his music--and anyone who's loved someone grappling with addiction and mental illness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593475669, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593475669, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496186609942,"sku":"9780593475669","price":40.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593475669.jpg?v=1783057036","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/nobody-broke-your-heart-an-intimate-biography-of-elliott-smith","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}