Table of Contents

Introduction viii one | Lady Looked Like a Dude: Impersonation and Identity 1 two | Facing Down the Grim Reaper: Illness and Survival 27 three | Baby Bumps: Expecting and Expectation 48 four | Woodstock: Myth and Mythmaking 88 five | Business and Bullshit 104 six | Gods and Monsters 136 seven | Love: The Big Production 193 eight | I'm Okay, You're O'Keeff e 218 nine | Sing Shine Dance 232 Afterword 257 Acknowledgements 259 Notes 262 Bibliography 275 Index 279

About the Author

Katherine Monk is a national movie journalist for Postmedia News Service. Her journalism career includes stints as a movie critic, pop music critic, and news reporter. Her bestselling book on Canadian film, Weird Sex and Snowshoes, was adapted to the screen by Omni Film in 2004. Joni Mitchell has been part of her life's soundtrack for as long as she can remember. She lives in Vancouver.

Reviews

"I devoured this book--thrilling, dimensional, thorough; a gift to any Joni Mitchell fan; an in-depth portrait of the life of an artist. It felt oddly like tracking my own genealogy, as Joni Mitchell, unbeknownst to her, raised me from a very early age." -- Edie Falco, star of Nurse Jackie and The Sopranos "The way that Monk writes freely about topics that aren't directly linked to the plain facts of Mitchell's biography... at first seems tangential, but it comes to be one of the best aspects of the book."-- Biographile.com "Essential for the Joni Mitchell superfan, and even people more casually acquainted with her work may enjoy what they learn"--Publishers Weekly "Monk's [Joni] is the closest thing to essential reading. ... This unique and thoughtful biography is recommended for all fans of Joni Mitchell."--Library Journal, Starred review "[Monk] lifts the veil on her fellow countrywoman. Her account of Mitchell's dramatic rise to fame and countless love affairs, which inspired her songs, makes for a riveting read."-- Christian Science Monitor, Top Pick "With clear-cutting language and an encyclopedic rock knowledge, Monk pursues the project with the laser-sharp focus of an anthropologist, digging for a more genuine portrait of the love-song-singing ingenue. ...an insightful read from cover to cover"--Boxx Music Magazine