A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Suze Rotolo
Jul 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Christina Delaine
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Suze Rotolo chronicles her coming of age in Greenwich Village during the 1960s and the early days of the folk music explosion, when Bob Dylan was finding his voice and she was his muse. A shy girl from Queens, Suze was the daughter of Italian working-class Communists, growing up at the dawn of the Cold War. It was the age of McCarthy and Suze was an outsider in her neighborhood and at school. She found solace in poetry, art, and music-and in Greenwich Village, where she encountered like-minded and politically active friends. One hot July day in 1961, Suze met Bob Dylan, then a rising musician, at a concert at Riverside Church. She was seventeen, he was twenty; they were both vibrant, curious, and inseparable. During the years they were together, Dylan transformed from an obscure folk singer into an uneasy spokesperson for a generation. A Freewheelin' Time is a hopeful, intimate memoir of a vital movement at its most creative. It captures the excitement of youth, the heartbreak of young love, and the struggles for a brighter future in a time when everything seemed possible.
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Mysterious Way
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December 28, 2024
Of all the books I've read about Bob Dylan, this is the best. Suze takes you on an intimate journey through Greenwich Village and her time dating Bob Dylan. I found her to be relatable. She talks about art, music, poetry, books, and most exhilarating her trip to Italy. Suz had me feeling like I was right there in the village, or driving through the Italian countryside. She tells you personal stories that only she and Bob shared, and she does so respectfully. If you're a Bob Dylan fan this is a must-read. As a Woman and a Bob Dylan fan, I found this book comforting and sweet.
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Suze Rotolo is an artist who lives in New York City with her family.
Christina Delaine is a SOVAS Voice Arts Award and multiple AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator who has recorded over 100 audiobooks. She is also an Audie Award nominee. An accomplished stage and voice actor, Delaine has appeared on stages across the country and has voiced scores of commercials and video games.
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