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Mary Gauthier

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Born

in New Orleans, The United States

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https://www.marygauthier.com

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Genre

Music, Memoir, Nonfiction

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August 2020

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Mary Gauthier was twelve years old when she was given her Aunt Jenny’s old guitar and taught herself to play with a Mel Bay basic guitar workbook. Music offered her a window to a world where others felt the way she did. Songs became lifelines to her, and she longed to write her own, one day.

Then, for a decade, while struggling with addiction, Gauthier put her dream away and her call to songwriting faded. It wasn’t until she got sober and went to an open mic with a friend did she realize that she not only still wanted to write songs, she needed to. Today, Gauthier is a decorated musical artist, with numerous awards and recognition for her songwriting, including a Grammy nomination.

In Saved by a Song, Mary Gauthier pulls the curtain back on ...more

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Average rating: 4.45 · 902 ratings · 206 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting 4.51 avg rating — 855 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big World by Mary Miller (Goodreads Author), Andi Arndt (Narrator), Mary Gauthier (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.33 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues and Folk Musicians by Julie Schaper (Editor), Steven Horwitz (Editor), Rhett Miller 3.24 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Until I wrote this song and played it for people, I had no idea most everyone has felt like an outsider at some point in their life, but they have. That outsider feeling is universal.”
― Mary Gauthier, Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

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