Love, Janis by Laura Joplin

I guess I have always been a fan of Janis.  I grew up listening to her music, courtesy of my Dad.  I've read many of her biographies, including the one listed as a summer reading book by the State of CT.  I really wanted to see the play based on her life and influences, but it closed too early.  I did get to see Mary Bridget Davies, who played Janis, in concert. 
Her life was amazing, being at the forefront of a new music movement.  But it was her downfall as well.  As we face another heroin crisis, her death reminds us...
I honestly had no idea Janis Joplin was such a prolific letter writer.  A lost art today, Janis consistently wrote letters to her parents, her siblings, her friends, her lovers.  This biography retells her story, interjected with those letters, now belonging to her younger sister Laura.
This isn't easy to read.  You know the ending.  And reading her very own words as if nothing is wrong was heart-wrenching.
Look for this in Bio come autumn!
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