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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780345471260
Deborah Santana is best known for her marriage to music icon
Carlos Santana–a thirty-year bond that endures to this day. But as
a girl growing up in San Francisco in the 1960s, daughter of a
white mother and a black father–the legendary blues guitarist
Saunders King–her life was charged with its own drama long before
she married.
In this beautiful, haunting memoir, Deborah Santana shares for
the first time her early experiences with racial intolerance, her
romantic involvement with musician Sly Stone and the suffering she
endured in that relationship, and her adventures in the
freewheeling 1960s. Yet it is her spiritual awakening that is the
core of this story. The civil rights movement was the foundation of
her growth, the Woodstock era the backdrop of her love with Carlos.
The couple was drawn indelibly together by a search for truth and
spirituality, but while yearning to be filled with God’s light,
they were pulled dangerously toward a manipulative cult. They
eventually disengage themselves from the guru and reclaim control
of their lives, putting their love for each other before the cult’s
increasingly strenuous demands.
Space Between the Stars is a moving account of self-discovery,
rendered in raw, beautiful prose, by a woman whose heart has
remained pure even in times of despair. As Deborah Santana talks
frankly about her lifelong fight against racial injustice and her
deep-seated loyalty to her family, ultimately it is the struggle to
remain a spiritual and artistic force in her own right, in the
shadow of one of the world’s most revered musicians, that shines
through as her most indomitable pursuit.
From the Hardcover edition.
Preface
1. Skin
2. King of the Blues
3. A Teen in the Sixties
4. Fringe and Fur
5. Hallucinating
6. Lost in His Sounds
7. Tarnished
8. The Holy Ghost
9. The Water Fountain
10. Winterland
11. The Pendulum
12. Like a God
13. London
14. Given a Chance
15. Purity of Heart
16. Surrender
17. Let Go
18. Marathon
19. Trust Life
20. Daughters
21. Mercy and Grace
22. Vision Fire
Note
Glossary of Spanish Terms
Acknowledgments
Reading Group Guide
Advance praise for Space Between the Stars
“With the candor and vulnerability of one whose search for truth
far outweighs any need for subterfuge, [Santana] writes of her
husband, her friends, and her family, not as if unaware of their
famous names, but as one more impressed with the quality of their
souls. This lovely, loving book will make any woman who survived
the sixties smile and shake her head in recognition, and give any
man with the good sense to read it an unforgettable glimpse into
the heart of a woman.”
–Pearl Cleage, author of Babylon Sisters
“I couldn’t put this book down. Beautifully written, full of fine
detail, it breaks illusions about gurus, rock stars, and
stereotypes about race. This is a dynamic memoir of an
extraordinary woman’s life.”
–Natalie Goldberg, author of The Great Failure and Writing Down
the Bones
“Deborah Santana bravely takes us on a fleshy earthbound romp
across her rock-and-roll life. She stirs the memories of a
generation’s messy crawl from girl to personhood, and seasons them
with redeeming grace, joy, and unfolding. Cancel the spa; this is
the release you’ve been seeking.”
–Alfre Woodard, actress
“Deborah Santana has blessed us with a precious jewel of a book.
Her intimate gift of storytelling delights our senses and collects
our tears in a resonant memoir. . . . This book has touched my soul
with an abundance of grace and wise counsel. It yields good fruit
in season.”
–LaTanya Richardson, actress
“A beautiful memoir that will delight, surprise, and inspire
readers. Deborah Santana has the courage to candidly discuss her
life at the center of rock-and-roll history including its glamour,
excesses, and glories–and show us a much bigger truth–the power of
the human spirit to prevail over the shadows of the human
mind.”
–Mark Bryan, co-author, The Artist’s Way at Work
From the Hardcover edition.
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