Woman : The Incredible Life of Yoko Ono

This riveting exposé of Yoko Ono covers her early life growing up as the eldest daughter of a wealthy Japanese family and her personal experience as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the World War II. Detailed are her move to New York for schooling during the 1950s, her first marriage to a composer, and her early days as an experimental artist in London during the early 1960s. New light is shed on her initial meeting with John Lennon and their 13-year relationship, and the rebuilding of her life after his tragic murder. Her life as artist, musician, businesswoman, and mother are explored from her youth to the present. Copyright ......Page 3 Contents ......Page 6 Prologue......Page 8 1 – The Descendant ......Page 10 2 – The Child......Page 19 3 – The Bride......Page 26 4 – The Divorcee......Page 33 5 – The Villager......Page 40 6 – The Visitor......Page 47 1 – Unfinished Paintings and Objects ......Page 54 2 – Life With The Lions......Page 61 3 – Give Peace A Chance......Page 71 4 – Plastic Ono......Page 78 5 – Approximately Infi nite Universe......Page 87 6 – Feeling The Space......Page 95 7 – A Heart Play......Page 101 1 – The Widow ......Page 110 2 – The Shareholder......Page 118 3 – The Indweller......Page 125 1 – Yes: An Overview of The Art Of Yoko Ono ......Page 132 2 – From Scream to Singing......Page 140 3 – The Sixteen Track Voice......Page 147 4 – Fly and The Infinite Universe ......Page 156 5 – Double Fantasy and Season Of Glass......Page 164 6 – Rising: Starpeace, Onobox and Blueprint For A Sunrise......Page 171 7 – Cut Piece and The Performances......Page 179 8 – Legacy......Page 185 9 – Postscript. My Journey......Page 191 Epilogue......Page 195 Index......Page 197 Yoko Ono is known the world over -- primarily as either John Lennon's second wife or 'the woman who split the Beatles'. However Yoko was with John for just fourteen years. She is now well into her seventies. And The Beatles would have split anyway. This book takes the entire life, loves, art and career of Yoko Ono as its subject matter, and for the first time tells her complete story -- from her upbringing in a post nuclear Japan, through schooling in New York and her entry into that city's modern art community, through her move to London in the 1960s and her first meeting there with John Lennon. The 'Lennon Years' are covered in detail as are the years following his death, as she brought up the couples' son Sean by herself. The story is completed with an appraisal of Yoko Ono's art and music, which has rarely been the subject of any serious discussion in this kind of book. Copyright 3 Contents 6 Prologue 8 PART 1 BEFORE JOHN 10 1 – The Descendant 10 2 – The Child 19 3 – The Bride 26 4 – The Divorcee 33 5 – The Villager 40 6 – The Visitor 47 PART 2 JOHN AND YOKO 54 1 – Unfinished Paintings and Objects 54 2 – Life With The Lions 61 3 – Give Peace A Chance 71 4 – Plastic Ono 78 5 – Approximately Infi nite Universe 87 6 – Feeling The Space 95 7 – A Heart Play 101 PART 3 AFTER JOHN 110 1 – The Widow 110 2 – The Shareholder 118 3 – The Indweller 125 PART 4 ART AND MUSIC 132 1 – Yes: An Overview of The Art Of Yoko Ono 132 2 – From Scream to Singing 140 3 – The Sixteen Track Voice 147 4 – Fly and The Infinite Universe 156 5 – Double Fantasy and Season Of Glass 164 6 – Rising: Starpeace, Onobox and Blueprint For A Sunrise 171 7 – Cut Piece and The Performances 179 8 – Legacy 185 9 – Postscript. My Journey 191 Epilogue 195 Index 197 This riveting expose of Yoko Ono covers her early life growing up as the eldest daughter of a wealthy Japanese family and her personal experience as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the World War II. Detailed are her move to New York for schooling during the 1950s, her first marriage to a composer, and her early days as an experimental artist in London during the early 1960s. New light is shed on her initial meeting with John Lennon and their 13-year relationship, and the rebuilding of her life after his tragic murder. Her life as artist, musician, businesswoman, and mother are explored from her youth to the present. Annotation Although most famous as John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono has many strings to her bow and, given her media profile, it is a wonder that there have never been any major books written about her life. While most writers usually talk about the part she played in breaking up the Beatles, this book bucks that trend, focusing on her extraordinary life, from her childhood in Nagasaki to her move to London in the '60s where she joined the community of avant-garde artists and where she met John Lennon. The book covers their relationship and even Yoko's lonely years after Lennon's death This biography concentrates on the life of Yoko Ono to present a complete critique and celebration of a most controversial figure, equally loved and loathed by the public at large