Summary of Virginia Hanlon Grohl's From Cradle to Stage

By IRB Media

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#1 The school system has failed some of our children, not the other way around. So many parents understand this logic, and send their kids to tour the country with bands.

#2 When the dropping-out-of-school conversation began, neither of us dared to imagine that the outcome would be so exciting and life changing. I could have said, Just go to school, get your education, have something to fall back on. Not many people make it in the music business.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388708

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Insights on Virginia Hanlon Grohl's From Cradle to Stage

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 28

Insights from Chapter 29

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The school system has failed some of our children, not the other way around. So many parents understand this logic, and send their kids to tour the country with bands.

#2

When the dropping-out-of-school conversation began, neither of us dared to imagine that the outcome would be so exciting and life changing. I could have said, Just go to school, get your education, have something to fall back on. Not many people make it in the music business.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I went to meet Dre’s mother, Verna, in her suburban Los Angeles home. She told me the story of how her enterprising grandparents transformed their lives through segregation, and how they defied expectations by taking ownership of a sugar mill.

#2

Verna was born in 1949 in Long Beach, California, to a single mother, Roberta. She had been secretive and uncomplaining because she was afraid that the blame for the beatings would be placed on her. She had already learned to be wary,