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Saved by a Song

The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier

Part memoir, part philosophy of art, and part nuts and bolts of songwriting, Saved by a Song is a discussion of the art and healing power of songs and songwriting.

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This book is for you if… you love music, songs, and songwriters, if you are an artist, writer, songwriter, if you love one, if you are in recovery, if you are interested in the creative process.

“A Must read BOOK” — Rolling Stone

“The Grammy-nominated songwriter dissects her brutally honest songs and preaches the ‘magnificence of empathy.’”

 

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Saved By a Song is an exploration of the redemptive power of song, through the eyes of a Grammy nominated songwriter whose addiction and recovery provide the background story to demonstrate the power of songs to inspire and change lives. Songs can repair hearts and heal souls; this book celebrates this amazing alchemy. It is a deep dive into the art and healing power of songs for both the songwriter, and the listener.

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I wrote this book as a love letter to songwriters, song-lovers, and songs. It is a behind the curtain look at both my writing process and my life. My desire and motivation is to reach more students than I could ever reach in one lifetime, in person. My deepest hope with this book is to encourage courage in those who read it.

—Mary

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“Generous and big-hearted, Gauthier has stories to tell and worthwhile advice to share.”

—Wally Lamb, author of I Know This Music Is True

“Mary's songwriting speaks to the tender aspects of our humanness. We need her voice in times like these more than we ever have.”

—Brandi Carlile, multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer

“Gauthier has an uncanny ability to combine songwriting craft with a seeker's vulnerability and a sage's wisdom.”

—Amy Ray, Indigo Girls

“Mary Gauthier has come through her own long dark night of the soul knowing, as she says in one of her songs, we could all use a little mercy. It seems to me we could all use a whole lot more of Mary, too.”

—Emmylou Harris

“I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard a Mary Gauthier tune. That's the kind of songwriter she is.”

—Sarah Silverman

“Beautiful, often ragged, song and verse from a high place.”

—Robert Plant