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Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles
Author(s): Arne Bellstorf (Author, Illustrator)
- Publisher: First Second
- Publication Date: February 4, 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 1596439181
- ISBN-13: 9781596439184
Book Description
Meet the Beatles . . . right at the beginning of their careers. This gorgeous, high-energy graphic novel is an intimate peek into the early years of the world’s greatest rock band.
The heart of Baby’s In Black is a love story. The “fifth Beatle,” Stuart Sutcliffe, falls in love with the beautiful Astrid Kirchherr when she recruits the Beatles for a sensational (and famous) photography session during their time in Hamburg. When the band returns to the UK, Sutcliffe quits, becomes engaged to Kirchherr, and stays in Hamburg. A year later, his meteoric career as a modern artist is cut short when he dies unexpectedly.
The book ends as it begins, with Astrid, alone and adrift; but with a note of hope: her life is incomparably richer and more directed thanks to her friendship with the Beatles and her love affair with Sutcliffe. Author/illustrator Arne Bellstorf tells this tender story with stirring, romantic black-and-white artwork.
Baby’s In Black is based on a true story.
