At forty-six, twenty-nine years old and more than a thirty albums after her achingly pure soprano voice catapulted her to fame at the 1958 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez is still active, creative, and in her vocal prime. She has survived and grown with the times, and her name is now a part of our history. In this disarmingly frank, moving, and sometimes very funny memoir, she tells the story of her life, her loves, her beliefs, and her music.

• A musical force and a catalyst for social change: At the age of eighteen Baez was an international star with a Time magazine cover story; fifty years later she has thirty-three albums to her credit. She also marched alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., was jailed for supporting the draft resistance, and sang in the first Amnesty International tour. An extraordinary woman who has led an eventful life, Baez’s memoir is as honest, unpretentious, and courageous as she is. .