{"product_id":"buffy-sainte-marie-the-authorized-biography-9781771647298","title":"Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration. This book is necessary--an authorized insight into the making of a legend.\" --Terese Marie Mailhot, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart Berries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, intimate look at the life of a beloved folk icon and activist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFolk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. 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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince her groundbreaking debut, 1964's \u003ci\u003eIt's My Way!\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Warner\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of\u003cem\u003e Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography\u003c\/em\u003e (Greystone Books, 2018) and \u003cem\u003eWe Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music\u003c\/em\u003e (Eternal Cavalier Press, 2015). A freelance writer, Andrea is also an associate producer at CBC Music, a theatre critic at the Georgia Straight, a radio columnist, and the co-host of the weekly podcast \u003cem\u003ePop This!\u003c\/em\u003e. Her pronouns are she\/her\/hers, and she is a settler who was born and raised in Vancouver on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Pop culture, art, and feminism make her happy. On Twitter: @_AndreaWarner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greystone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50677311406354,"sku":"9781771647298","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be286dd3-76f7-43a7-bb91-a293768569ce.jpg?v=1733892966","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buffy-sainte-marie-the-authorized-biography-9781771647298","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}