<p><b>***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***</b><br><b><br>A <i>Times</i> Book of the Year</b><br><b>A <i>Financial Times</i> Book of the Year</b><br><b>A Waterstones Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug. Anybody who is a fan should pick this up.' - ANITA RANI</b><br><br><b>'A fascinating but tragic story.' 4/5 - <i>MOJO</i></b><br><br>When the Carpenters first toured Japan, a journalist mistakenly referred to Karen as the 'lead sister' of the band. This designation stuck and Karen liked it so much that she had a T-shirt custom-made with the slogan, which she wore while drumming on the band's 1976 world tour. The term also sums up the approach of this biography: a celebratory re-evaluation of a pioneering woman.<br><
