Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration.
But this Biography does more than celebrate Sainte-Marie\'s unparalleled talent as a songwriter and entertainer; packed with insight and knowledge, it offers an unflinchingly honest, heartbreakingly real portrait of the woman herself, including the challenges she experienced on the periphery of showbiz, her healing from the trauma of childhood and intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, and her leadership in the protest movement.. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist.
Establishing herself among the ranks of folk greats such as Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, she has released more than twenty albums, survived being blacklisted by two U.
S.
Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964\'s It\'s My Way , the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights and freedoms, an innovative artist, and a disruptor of the status quo.
In this, Sainte-Marie\'s first and only Authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her seventy-seven years (and counting).
Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more.
Living legend.
Songwriter icon.
Folk hero. --Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries A powerful, intimate look at the life of a beloved folk icon and activist.
This book is necessary--an Authorized insight into the making of a legend.
Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration
