The Truth Is. My Life in Love and Music

Etheridge, Melissa, Morton, Laura

ISBN 10: 0375505997 / ISBN 13: 9780375505997

Published by Villard, 2001

ln the ten years since she burst on to the international music scene, Melissa Etheridge has released six albums that have sold more than 25 million records

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. She has given the world unforgettable hits such as "Bring Me Some Water," "Similar Features,"

"Come to My Window," and "I'm the Only One," with lyrics that touch on a universal nerve and the deeply human side of relationships. Her personal

journey has been captured over the years through her music, transforming her voice and musicianship into inspiring messages of love, consciousness,

hope, longing, desire, and pure passion.

The Truth Is ... is a bold and unflinching account of an extraordinary life, described as only Melissa can: from her Kansas roots through her early love of

music to her brilliant rise to stardom, becoming a female superstar in a male-dominated rock world. Melissa will openly discuss the massive impact of her

public coming-out, a revelation that only increased her popularity and made her a highly visible spokesperson for the gay and lesbian community. The

spokeswoman) tells all in her memoir, The Truth Is.... With a little help from Laura Morton, the bestselling collaborator of Marilu Henner and Joan

Lunden, Etheridge sets the record straight about her life on and off the stage, her coming-out drama, and the stories behind her songs.