Taylor Swift: The Debut Years

A thorough and heartwarming tribute to a superstar’s origin story. Yahr deftly wields a reporter’s precise pen digging up juicy details on Swift’s earliest years and contextualizing the emotional weight many feel for this beloved artist. As a fan since those early days, even I learned so much from The Debut Years. This book is perfect for the sentimental, well-seasoned fan or the curious one who is new to the fold.

Sarah Chapelle, New York Times bestselling author of TAYLOR SWIFT STYLE

Taylor Swift has achieved generational stardom through relentless change. And yet it all goes back to that teenage girl writing songs after school and practicing guitar until her fingers bled. Yahr illuminates these early years with deep reporting, incisive understanding of the Nashville world Swift came up in, and chatty prose rich in untold stories. A must-read for any Taylor fan or music lover.

Nora Princiotti, reporter for THE RINGER and author of HIT GIRLS: BRITNEY, TAYLOR, BEYONCÉ, AND THE WOMEN WHO BUILT POP'S SHINIEST DECADE