A Helluva High Note

Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol

By: Kara Dioguardi

Write A Review

Paperback | 1 May 2012

At a Glance

Paperback
240 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91

Paperback

RRP $29.69

$27.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $6.94 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Kara DioGuardi is an award-winning hitmaker, a savvy record executive, and a successful music publisher whose songs have been recorded by such superstars as Pink, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Santana, Steven Tyler, Céline Dion, and so many others. She was also the feisty fourth judge on American Idol. But success wouldn't have happened for her without the dark times of defeat.

Filled with the grace, raw honesty, and haunting emotion of her hit songs, A Helluva High Note is the soundtrack to Kara's life-an intimate anthem about living, creating, loving, stumbling, picking herself up again, and ultimately succeeding. Passionate, wise, funny, and down-to-earth-filled with memorable and inspirational tales from the heart and trenches of life, business, and the world of entertainment-Kara's story proves that finding, cultivating, and following your own true voice really is possible.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Arts & Entertainment Biographies Arts & Entertainment Autobiographies Memoirs Arts & Entertainment Film, TV & Radio Individual Actors & Performers Autobiographies Music Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction The Fourth Judge	p. 1
Spinning Around	p. 9
Sober	p. 21
Taking Chances	p. 35
Mama's Song	p. 51
Escape	p. 61
Pieces of Me	p. 77
I Do Not Hook Up	p. 91
Walk Away	p. 105
Rich Girl	p. 117
Ain't No Other Man	p. 131
No Boundaries	p. 145
Epilogue	p. 169
My Commandments for Determined Songwriters	p. 171
Random Reflections	p. 179
Awards	p. 187
U.S. Singles	p. 139
International Singles	p. 195
Top-Ten Albums	p. 203
Soundtracks and Songs on Film	p. 215
Theme Songs and Songs on Television	p. 217
Campaigns and Commercials	p. 221
Permissions	p. 223
About the Author	p. 225
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

A Helluva High Note

Surviving Life, Love, and American Idol

At a Glance

Paperback

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Arts & Entertainment Biographies

Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler

Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Bunny Mellon

Life of an American Style Legend

That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You

In Love and Death

The Lost Notebook

Simply More

A book for anyone who has been told they're too much

This Angry Pen of Mine

Recovering the Journals of Layne Staley

By My Hands

A Potter's Apprenticeship

Guts

A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible chances

Uses for Obsession

A Chef's Memoir

Love Stories

Flamingos Aren't Born Pink

A moving and uplifting memoir on heartbreak, grief and finding joy, by Brisbane radio personality and podcaster

The Way I Am

Only God Can Judge Me

The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur

The Bigger Picture

My Blockbuster Life & Lessons Learned Along the Way

Working Class Man

now a landmark documentary based on the bestselling book

Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid

The inspiring true story of the swimming champion and Hollywood star, from the bestselling author of SISTER VIV and THE REMARKABLE MRS REIBY

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

Truly

Unveiled

A memoir

Fahrenheit-182

the Sunday Times bestselling memoir from blink-182 founding member Mark Hoppus

Gallagher

The Fall and Rise of Oasis: the new 2025 biography of one of the world's biggest bands

White Male Stand-Up

The Times Lives Behind The Music

Era-defining obituaries of rock and pop music icons

This product is categorised by