We Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
We Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
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We Will Survive
True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song

Author: Gloria Gaynor, Sue Carswell

Narrator: Gloria Gaynor

Unabridged: 12 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2013


Synopsis

2015 Grammy nominee for Best Spoken-Word Album (in audio formats)Gloria Gaynor’s #1 hit single “I Will Survive” debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum and over three decades later still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere.Over the years, the disco legend has received thousands of personal messages from adoring fans whose lives have been transformed by this timeless song. Their remarkable stories reveal that ”I Will Survive” has reached people from all walks of life and touched their lives in thousands of unique ways. From individuals triumphing over illness to those suffering from the painful loss of a loved one to others piecing their lives together after bearing witness to national tragedy, “I Will Survive” has become an emotional anthem for them and for millions of Gaynor’s adoring fans around the world.In We Will Survive, Gloria shares forty of these inspirational, true stories about survivors of all kinds—individuals who have found comfort, hope, and courage through the power of this one song.

About Gloria Gaynor

Grammy Award-winning singer Gloria Gaynor took the music world by storm in the 1970s, striking platinum with her disco hit “I Will Survive.” “I Will Survive” was the only song to earn a Grammy for Best Disco Recording and was one of only twenty-five songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2012. Gaynor has appeared on countless television and radio shows, received numerous national and international music and humanitarian awards, and continues to perform around the world for legions of fans. Her most requested song is, of course, “I Will Survive.”

About Sue Carswell

Coauthor Sue Carswell is a reporter-researcher at Vanity Fair and has ghost-written numerous books. She is a former executive and senior editor at Random House Inc. and Simon and Schuster, a former story producer for Good Morning America, and correspondent for People magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

This is a collection of survivor's stories read by Gloria Gaynor (and includes her own triumphs over the shiz storm we call life and the audio has her music too... which just sounded creepy because I listen to my audiobooks at 2x speed. ;) ) Some of the stories were touching, and some had me tearing......more

This is such an inspiring, heartwarming book!! It's somewhat along the lines of the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' books, with around 40 inspiring stories of survival, all tied together by the song 'I Will Survive'. Although this collection of short stories is perfect for a coffee table book that you c......more

Goodreads review by Elise

Honestly, I thought this book was a memoir by Gloria Gaynor when I bought this book. My fault for not looking closer. What it is is a book more along the lines of the "Chicken Soup" series of books, with "I Will Survive" as the lynch pin that holds it together. Reading the stories back to back thoug......more