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Author:	Jerry Hopkins
Title:	Yoko Ono
Publisher:	Sidgwick & Jackson
Country:	UK
Date:	1987
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Biography
ISBN-10:	0283995211
Barcode:	9780283995217
Total Editions:	2
First Published:	1987
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Black widow, dragon lady, Mrs. John Lennon, the woman who broke up the Beatles, millionairess, philanthropist, avant-garde artist, pop superstar - who is the real Yoko Ono? In this biography all the paradoxes of the woman who has tantalized the public for over thirty years are confronted. It tells the true story of the woman behind the Beatles legend as it has never been told before. Author of the best-selling Bowie & No One Here Gets Out Alive Jerry Hopkins travelled from New York to London, from Los Angeles to Tokyo, & interviewed scores of friends to trace Yoko's strange, troubled & extraordinary life. A riveting portrait emerges of a complex personality whose sheer force of will is the stuff of legend; a woman who became the alter ego of the most creative mind in pop music; an artist who rose from the fringes of the avant-garde art world to become the most enigmatic female icon of popular culture.

From her wealthy upbringing in prewar Japan, as a descendant of samurai warriors, to her adventures in a run-down New York City loft; from her struggle to achieve recognition in the Greenwich Village art scene of the 50s to her emergence in the 80s as a mainstream pop star with gold records & a critically acclaimed worldwide tour, her full story is related. But most of all, here are the life & times of John & Yoko - from Yoko's carefully engineered first encounter with John to their extraordinary love affair & marriage.

Hopkins sheds startling light on the timeless questions: Was Yoko really responsible for the break-up of the band, or was she unjustly made a scapegoat by John’s jealous fans? Did Yoko’s iron will destroy John’s musical drive, or did her eccentricities bring his creative powers to new heights? It’s all here, their music, art & films, their private lives & public politics: a creative collaboration that under Yoko’s vigilant guardianship, has survived beyond Lennon’s death in 1980 – the definitive portrait of Yoko Ono

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