Society's Child

Society’s Child Janis Ian, an American folk singer and writer, wrote the story Society’s Child. The text is an excerpt from Society’s Child – My Autobiography, published in 2009. The story is a 1st person narrative. The story takes place in the 60’s on a stage where she was performing in Encino California, when she was suddenly attacked by a mob of angry peers who were not very happy about her song that implied tolerance for interracial relationships. Her song went against all that was believed to be right at the time. The story takes place in the 60’s, a