Becoming Billie Holiday Cover:Hardcover but especially bad for Cora

but especially bad for Cora

she and her family set out on a raft

and triumphs against seemingly insurmountable odds

Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma

Becoming Billie Holiday Cover:Hardcover but especially bad for CoraBefore the legend of Billie Holiday, there was a girl named Eleanora. In 1915, Sadie Fagan gave birth to a daughter she named Eleanora. The world, however, would know her as Billie Holiday, possibly the greatest jazz singer of all time. Eleanora's journey into legend took her through pain, poverty, and run ins with the law. By the time she was fifteen, she knew she possessed something that could possibly change her lifea voice. Eleanora could sing.