About A Girl
Bringing women out from the shadows of music history. Familiar characters, new perspectives.
Janis & Marvin Gaye
Behind Marvin Gaye's incredibly smooth, affable exterior was a soul tortured by the abuse he suffered as a child, insecurity, and paranoia. Like many victims, he turned perpetrator and dragged his child bride into his world of pain, drug dependency, and more sexual abuse. But Janis is a survivor...
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