Too Little, Too Late, Too Soon - 269 EPILOGUE: Pockets Full of Good Intentions - 197 White Lace and Promises Broken - 215

The Bird Has Finally Flown the Coop - 183 13. Just Let Us Know What the Problem Is! - 169 RALPH WALDO EMERSONĬONTENTS F o r e w o r d b y D i o n n e Wa r w i c k - xi A u t h o r ’s N o t e - xiii Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful for beauty is God’s handwriting-a wayside sacrament. Schmidt All rights reserved Foreword copyright © 2010 by Dionne Warwick All rights reserved First hardcover edition published 2010 First paperback edition published 2011 Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN 978-1-56976-818-1 Printed in the United States of America 5įor Camryn and Kaylee In loving memory Lindeigh Scotte (1956–2001) & Cynthia G. ML420.C2564S36 2010 782.42164092-dc22 2009049044Ĭover and interior design: Monica Baziuk cover layout: Jonathan Hahn front cover image: The Carpenters, Paris, France, Septemeber 1971 © Shepard Sherbell / CORBIS SABA illustration on page ii: Copyright © 2010 by Chris TassinĬopyright © 2010 by Randy L. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Schmidt, Randy (Randy L.) Little girl blue : the life of Karen Carpenter / Randy L. Just Let Us Know What the Problem Is!.ġ2.

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