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Since she first burst onto the international music scene, Melissa Etheridge has released seven albums that have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, garnering not only public adoration for her uncompromising honesty but numerous critical awards, including two Grammys and the prestigious ASCAP Songwriter of the Year award. The Truth Is . . . is a highly charged autobiography—a bold and unflinching account of an extraordinary life that Melissa describes as only she can: from her Kansas roots, through her early love of music, to her brilliant rise to superstardom in a male-dominated rock world. Melissa openly discusses the massive impact of her publicly coming out, a revelation that only increased her popularity, making her a highly visible spokesperson for the gay and lesbian community. The Truth Is . . . shares Melissa Etheridge’s fascinating story with unprecedented candor and insight.Amazon.com Review
She's not in Kansas anymore! Melissa Etheridge, the gutsy Midwest girl who grew up to be the heartland's gift to rock & roll (and a major gayspokeswoman) tells all in her memoir, The Truth Is.... With a littlehelp from Laura Morton, the bestselling collaborator of Marilu Henner andJoan Lunden, Etheridge sets the record straight about her life on andoff the stage, her coming-out drama, and the stories behind her songs. ... Read more

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Very much the public Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge's website identifier includes the words "Speak Truth" abd "Be Strong." In this autobiography, she seems driven to do both. It is said that a story often has more of an impact than a statement, and this book demonstrates this philosophy in her exploration of both her life and her music. While the details of her life seem inordinately tied to the specifics of her many lovers, they do so in a way that is classic Etheridge---the woman who "came out" publically apparantly without advanced discussion with her lover, the woman who revealed the father of her first two children without talking to their mother or the sperm donor (David Crosby). One begins to question whether she has an authentic life, or just a very public "voyage" where every detail of the journey must be shared and therefore externally validated. I do not find that such revelations make her strong, although this is clearly her belief. Her examination of her parallel life in music, her lyrics, and the strength she gained from her musical life grounds discussion of lovers.
I found the book to be reasonably written for the genre, and a (sadly) accurate statement of Melissa Etheridge's life to date, with a continued "constant searching" to be loved, finding satisfaction only on stage , with fans creating the energy to keep her going. Nonetheless, I will look for her promised update and more attention to her third mantra "Do Good"---which she is certainly doing on many fronts.

Great Insight into a public yet private figure
Melissa Etheridge has long been my favorite music artist. Even my e-mail address references her. Her music has always touched me in a way other music doesn't. So when I suddenly discovered (I tend to be rather oblivious at times) that she had written a book, I jumped at reading it.

I absolutely loved this book. I'd known about her relationship with Julie Cypher, but not any details. Reading that alone made the book worth reading, but everything else that she included just put it over the top,

There were many things she shared that surprised me. Not only were they things I just somehow didn't expect from her, but she had a level of honesty that you don't often find in anyone anymore, much less a public figure. Her mantra is "Speak True" and she really does.

I highly recommend this book for any Melissa fan. It gives insight into her as a person as well as into her music. It shows not only how her songs changed from when she wrote them to when they were released, and also just how they changed over time as she grew and matured. It's a very entertaining, thought provoking read.

good read
good read. A little too much on the relationships instead of the music and music biz from her view. Melissa rocks.

The Truth Is . . . Melissa's Book Is Good
I'm a die-hard Melissa fan.I have every one of her albums and have lost count of the number of her concerts I've been to.That being said, I thought Melissa's book was very interesting.Although it's not a "here's every detail of my life" kind of autobiography, it provides some real insight into her music and life.The book is really easy to read (I finished it in one sitting of a couple hours) and tells a good story.Bottom line:for anyone who is a Melissa fan, this book is sure to please.

Melissa Etheridge
Great book written by Melissa Etheridge!She really lets her guard down and tells all.Never knew she was so down to earth until reading her bio. Great read if you want to really know the woman who has a superb voice. ... Read more

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Carefully researched, filled with numerous anecdotes collected from fans and with insights gathered from Etheridge's friends and colleagues, Our Little Secret also features a useful bibliography of some 250 sources and a comprehensive discography. Biographer Joyce Luck, a devoted fan, chronicles the artist's personal and professional accomplishments to date and anticipates even greater achievements. ... Read more

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The Best Yet!
This is the most informative and entertaining book about Melissa Etheridge.The book is well written, well organized and has some detailed information on how each CD was made and what the stories were behind them. It's the only book about Melissa Etheridge you will ever need.

The Definitive Biography
This was the book both Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" and VH-1's "Behind the Music" used as a reference for their specials on Melissa.Can't get much more definitive than that!!!

just a punk chick from new jersey
im a great fan just want to express my thoughtsthe web site contains to many commercial thoughtsi dig all the cds you have releasdedthe one that striked home is yes i am#5 that is the greastest tune everreleasedmelissais cooljust a humanlike me

Breathtaking honesty finally reveiled!
Melissa has always been a favorite artist of mine since my girlfriend and I found a tape of hers on the dollar rack in a Walgreens in CA. We discovered that she had more than one tape, and we immediately went to findthe others. Everything us nosy fans wants to know is in this book. That andmore! I would most definitly encourage and Melissa fan to read this bookand to buy a copy to add to your personal library. It is a must have infobook!!!

The book was very descriptive about Melissa Etheridge
The book, to me, was very good. It was very vivid in the telling of Melissa's life. It wasn't like reading an exam paper like the first book I read about her. All in all, the book was excellent. ... Read more

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Notes and tab for 17 rootsy rockers and ballads spanning Etheridge's entire career, transcribed exactly as recorded. Includes: All American Girl * Bring Me Some Water * Come to My Window * Dance Without Sleeping * Enough of Me * I Want to Be in Love * I Want to Come Over * I'm the Only One * If I Wanted To * Like the Way I Do * Lover Please * No Souvenirs * Nowhere to Go * Similar Features * 2001 * Yes I Am * Your Little Secret. ... Read more

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Features authentic chords, strum patterns, melody and lyrics for 15 complete songs from one of the most respected women in rock. Songs: Ain't It Heavy * All American Girl * Angels Would Fall * Bring Me Some Water * Come to My Window * Dance Without Sleeping * I Want to Come Over * I'm the Only One * If I Wanted To * Like the Way I Do * No Souvenirs * Nowhere to Go * Similar Features * Yes I Am * Your Little Secret. ... Read more

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Etheridge
17 of her best, with piano parts/vocals/and guitar chords.Includes: 'Refugee,' 'Christmas in America,' and 'You Can Sleep While I Drive.' ... Read more

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All 12 tracks from the 2010 release by this soulful, Kansas-born rocker. Includes: Company * Drag Me Away * Fearless Love * Gently We Row * Heaven on Earth * Indiana * Miss California * Nervous * Only Love * To Be Loved * The Wanting of You * We Are the Ones. ... Read more

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"Fearless Love", an artist songbook by Melissa Etheridge.
This is a Piano/Vocal/Guitar songbook from the highly rated album 2010 "Fearless Love" with all 12 tracks : 1."Company"
2."Drag Me Away"
3."Fearless Love"
4."Gentley We Row"
5."Heaven On Earth"
6."Indiana"
7."Miss Calfornia"
8."Nervous"
9."Only Love"
10."To Be Loved"
11."The Wanting Of You"
12."We Are The Ones"

Melissa Etheridge is a two times grammy award winner & 15 times grammy award nominated singer-songwriter of note,recommended artist songbook if you like & wanna play her songs from the new album (Piano/Vocal/Guitar).This artist songbook is published by the legendary Hal Leornard Corporation. ... Read more

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This fantastic collection assembles two dozen Etheridge hits from throughout her career, including: All American Girl * Angels Would Fall * Bring Me Some Water * Come to My Window * Enough of Me * I Want to Be in Love * I Want to Come Over * I'm the Only One * Lover Please * Mama I'm Strange * Nowhere to Go * 2001 * Yes I Am * You Used to Love to Dance * and more. For piano/vocal/guitar. ... Read more

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Note-for-note tab transcriptions for all 10 husky, heartfelt tracks from Etheridge's 2001 release, which the All Music Guide calls "a perfect breakup album." Includes: The Different * Down to One * Goodnight * Heal Me * I Want to Be in Love * It's Only Me * Lover Please * Please Forgive Me * The Prison * and Walking on Water, plus many full-page photos. ... Read more

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Not alone in the rip off!
Glad to read the other review... I was right ticked off to have to pay for return of my order as well. Amazon misrepresents the product which appears to be an autobiography but is, in fact, sheet music. I would like a shipping refund, personally.
(unable to rate zero stars on this one... but that would reflect the product vs the service!)

Skin. Guitar music.
Amazon ripoff! Do you see where it say's sheet music? We expected a book on Melissa Etheridge's life. Totally misrepresented as far as I'm concerned. Plus you get to pay postage twice! When you originally bought the item and when you get to return it. The selections for return don't provide for an Amazon screw-up. We're really P.O.'ed. ... Read more

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An unauthorized biography of the Grammy Award-winning rock singer-songwriter traces her career from her childhood in Kansas to her hard-won success in Los Angeles to her decision to confess her lesbianism in 1993. ... Read more

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Not thorough, and inaccurate
Chris Nickson seems to supplement his income as a music critic in Seattle by researching and writing unauthorized biographies about stars such as Melissa Etheridge, Mariah Carey, and Soundgarden.The problem is, none ofthe research is original at all....his entire book is swiped, withoutattribution, from already published interviews.There is not a singlething in this book that fans don't already know, and Joyce Luck's Melissabiography (which was also unauthorized, though I hear Melissa and hermanagement liked the book) at least had some new, previously unpublishedinfo and photos in it.Plus Nickson's book is just riddled with errors(for example, it says John Shanks was with the band during the Never Enoughtour, which is totally false).One good thing about Nickson is that he atleast doesn't have a problem with Melissa's lesbianism.Other than thatI'd say his book's a total flop.

No new information here for Etheridge fans
If you are already an Etheridge fan, this book holds no new information. Everything seems to have come from previously published articles, and some of that information is incorrect. (i.e., Arduous Moon and Theresa's Tattoo are not the same movie under different titles). The narrative style is irritatingly omniscient, assuming the emotions of the principles.It is shallow reading, always feeling as if the author had a minimum number of pages to hit. The respect and care with which Nickson treats Melissa's gay lifestyle deserves comment, and his approach is sympathetic and supportive, but aside from one really beautiful photo of Julie Cypher, there was no reason to purchase this book if you are a fan and have read the interviews Melissa has given to the press. For a biography which includes never released information and photos and interviews with intimates of the subject, you might want to read Joyce Luck's "Our Little Secret", just released also. Search above with Melissa Etheridge as Subject and Joyce Luck as Author for info on this book... ... Read more

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This album-matching folio is taken from one of the most successful and hardest-rocking efforts of Etheridge's career. The songs are: All the Way to Heaven
* Change
* I Could Have Been You
* I Really Like You
* I Want to Come Over
* Nowhere to Go
* Shriner's Park
* This War Is Over
* An Unusual Kiss
* Your Little Secret. ... Read more

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Melissa's second album shows her varied guitar style. This album-matching folio features both piano/vocal/chord arrangements and a special guitar section containing tablature and standard notation. The ten titles include: Brave and Crazy
* Let Me Go
* No Souvenirs
* You Can Sleep While I Drive
* You Used to Love to Dance. ... Read more

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This debut-album matching folio features a special guitar section which includes chords, strum patterns and riffs in tablature. Among the ten titles: Bring Me Some Water
* Chrome Plated Heart
* I Want You
* The Late September Dogs
* Precious Pain
* Similar Features
* Watching You. ... Read more

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A much needed book for the growing market of women musicians. Successful, pioneering, groundbreaking, infamous--these are some of the characteristics of many of the women who have shaped music history in modern times.Sharing a wealth of knowledge from his years of experience working in the music industry, the author reveals hundreds of facts about the women who have shaped music as we know it, in a calendar format, from pre-40s through each decade up to today. Also includes over 30 extensive essays by Diane Gershuny, noted expert on women's music, and an introduction by a yet-to-be named major female artist. ... Read more

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Highly recommended for any library strong in either women's history or music history
Women in this book have helped shape the modern music scene, and here Jay Warner traces the overall history of women in music, from vaudeville to Woodstock and today's modern music stars. All genres are covered, from gospel to rock, punk to pop - and the biographies of such as Bessie Smith, Diana Ross, Madonna, Alicia Keys and more makes for an outstanding, lively survey highly recommended for any library strong in either women's history or music history.
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heartbroken
I have ready alot of biographies, but Melissa's book is so
candid and full of truths.

When you see a performer you never realize the kind of life they
might of had thinking that they must be happy, rich and full
of everything they ever wanted.

When you read this book you realize her struggles throughout her childhood and you feel for her.Melissa set a goal for herself and realized her dreams, but is she truly happy inside.Only she knows what the truth is........... ... Read more

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Folk-pop vocalist Melissa Etheridge will put you in the holiday spirit with traditional favorites as well as original tunes from her 2008 holiday album. Includes 10 songs: Blue Christmas * Christmas in America * Glorious * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * It's Christmas Time * Light a Light * O Night Divine * Ring the Bells * and more. ... Read more

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This outstanding collection draws on the best of Melissa Etheridge's first four albums. The 16 songs include: Ain't It Heavy
* Bring Me Some Water
* If I Wanted To
* Meet Me in the Back
* I'm the Only One
* I Will Never Be the Same
* The Boy Feels Strange
* Come to My Window
* Brave and Crazy and more. ... Read more

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According to the All Music Guide, Lucky might be Etheridge's most unflinchingly honest record yet. This matching folio includes all 13 tracks, including: Breathe * Come on Out Tonight * If You Want To * Kiss Me * Lucky * Secret Agent * Will You Still Love Me * and more. ... Read more