- ‘Absorbing'
- Telegraph‘Gentle,
- empathetic,
- committed
- to
- righting
- undeniable
- wrongs’
- Sunday
- Times,
- Book
- of
- the
- Week**'Illuminating
- and
- affectionate…
- an
- intimate
- and
- perceptive
- portrait'
- Publishers
- WeeklyAn
- intimate
- and
- revelatory
- biography
- of
- Yoko
- Ono
- from
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Beautiful
- BoyDavid
- Sheff
- met
- Yoko
- Ono
- and
- John
- Lennon
- in
- 1980
- when
- conducting
- an
- in-depth
- interview
- with
- them
- just
- months
- before
- John’s
- murder.
- In
- the
- aftermath,
- Sheff
- and
- Yoko
- became
- close
- friends
- as
- she
- rebuilt
- her
- life,
- survived
- threats
- and
- continued
- creating
- groundbreaking
- art
- and
- music.
- Drawing
- from
- their
- decades-long
- friendship
- and
- interviews
- with
- Yoko,
- her
- family,
- close
- friends
- and
- collaborators,
- Sheff
- shares
- the
- story
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- unlikely
- and
- remarkable
- lives
- ever
- lived.Yoko
- spans
- from
- her
- birth
- to
- wealthy
- parents
- in
- pre-war
- Tokyo
- and
- her
- harrowing
- experience
- as
- a
- child
- during
- WW2
- to
- her
- arrival
- in
- the
- avant-garde
- art
- scenes
- of
- London,
- Tokyo
- and
- New
- York.
- We
- see
- how
- she
- coped
- under
- the
- most
- intense,
- relentless
- and
- cynical
- microscope
- as
- she
- was
- falsely
- vilified
- for
- the
- most
- heinous
- cultural
- crime
- imaginable:
- breaking
- up
- the
- greatest
- rock-and-roll
- band
- in
- history.So
- often
- remembered
- only
- for
- her
- impact
- on
- The
- Beatles,
- Yoko
- has
- been
- caricatured
- as
- an
- opportunistic
- seductress
- or
- manipulative
- impostor.
- Yoko
- delves
- into
- her
- life
- as
- an
- artist,
- musician,
- feminist
- and
- activist,
- reframing
- her
- incredible
- achievements
- independent
- of
- Lennon.Yoko
- is
- a
- harrowing,
- moving,
- propulsive
- and
- vastly
- entertaining
- biography
- of
- a
- woman
- whose
- story
- has
- never
- been
- accurately
- told.
- It
- highlights
- Ono’s
- incredible
- talent
- and
- acknowledges
- her
- as
- a
- true
- artistic icon.
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