The book was called Lady Sings the Blues. A friend at the New York Post newspaper, William Dufty, helped her write the book.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

You may tell a friend that the new play you saw last night is not so hot.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Cleveland decided to have the operation on a friend's boat in New York Harbor.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

A friend might tell you that his new job was a "piece of cake."

VOA: special.2010.08.29

Katharine Hepburn's character, Tracy Lord,is talking with her new friend, Macaulay Connor,a writer.

VOA: special.2009.09.20