I Dream of Joni
A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots
Henry Alford
- NATIONAL
- BESTSELLERIn
- this
- “delightful
- compendium
- of
- everything
- you
- ever
- wanted
- to
- know
- about”
- (The
- Washington
- Post)
- Joni
- Mitchell,
- the
- eternal
- singer-songwriter
- is
- seen
- anew,
- portrayed
- through
- a
- witty
- and
- comprehensive
- exploration
- of
- anecdotes,
- quotes,
- and
- lyrics
- by
- Henry
- Alford,
- “the
- most
- graceful
- of
- humorists”
- (Vanity
- Fair)
- and
- a
- writer
- for
- The
- New
- Yorker.Joni
- Mitchell’s
- life,
- psyche,
- and
- evolving
- legacy
- are
- explored
- here
- in
- vivid
- technicolor—from
- her
- childhood
- in
- Saskatoon,
- Canada,
- to
- her
- arrival
- in
- Laurel
- Canyon
- that
- turned
- her
- into,
- as
- Alford
- puts
- it,
- “the
- bard
- of
- heartbreak
- and
- longing.”
- Each
- period
- of
- Mitchell’s
- life
- is
- observed
- via
- the
- artists,
- friends,
- family,
- and
- lovers
- she
- encountered
- along
- the
- way,
- including
- James
- Taylor,
- Leonard
- Cohen,
- Georgia
- O’Keefe,
- Prince,
- and,
- most
- significantly,
- Kilauren,
- the
- daughter
- Mitchell
- gave
- up
- for
- adoption
- at
- birth
- but
- then
- reconnected
- with
- decades
- later.Presented
- in
- the
- impressionistic
- vein
- of
- Ninety-Nine
- Glimpses
- of
- Princess
- Margaret,
- I
- Dream
- of
- Joni
- explores
- in
- fifty-three
- essays,
- with
- the
- author’s
- trademark
- wit
- and
- verve,
- the
- life
- of
- the
- legendary singer-songwriter.
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