Yoko : a biography
(2025)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/ONO,Y

1 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/ONO,Y Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025
©2025
EDITION
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION

xxxiii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781982188245, 1982188243 :, 1982188243, 9781982188245
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Prologue: Cut piece -- Introduction: Ocean child -- Part one: Above us only sky -- Part two: The ballad of Yoko and John -- Part three: Yoko only -- Epilogue: Everything in the universe is unfinished

This biography redefines Yoko Ono's life, shedding light on her often misunderstood and misrepresented journey. Once dismissed as a villain in the Beatles saga, Yoko's story is revealed beyond her association with John Lennon. Born into a wealthy family in pre-war Tokyo, she endured the horrors of war before becoming a pioneering figure in avant-garde art, music, feminism, and activism in London, Tokyo, and New York. The book explores how she faced intense public scrutiny, wrongly blamed for breaking up the Beatles, and yet continued to create groundbreaking work and advocate for peace. Drawing from David Sheff's interviews with Yoko, her family, and close friends, this biography offers a harrowing, moving, and ultimately redemptive portrait of Yoko Ono, elevating her legacy to iconic status