Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith

Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith - Hardcover

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Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith

Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith - Hardcover

by Jamie Fisher
$34.00
Sale price  $34.00 Regular price 

Book Overview

by Jamie Fisher (Author)

The 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

Nobody Broke Your Heart 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 New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker-published author Jamie Fisher.

Starting 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.

Vividly animating Elliott's world and analyzing his work and legacy in loving depth, Nobody Broke Your Heart 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.

Author Biography

Jamie Fisher is a freelance writer and staff researcher for The New York Times Magazine. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement (London), and The L.A. Review of Books. Nobody Broke Your Heart is her first book.

Number of Pages: 560
Dimensions: 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN
Publication Date: August 25, 2026
ISBN9780593475669
Author Jamie Fisher
PublisherDutton
GenreBiography and Self-help & personal development
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages560
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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