In My Own Key - My Life in Love and Music

Liona Boyd

Publisher: Dundurn

Summary

New edition of internationally renowned classical guitarist Liona Boyd’s memoir, In My Own Key, which has sold over 30,000 copies
With a new afterword by Liona, and filled with new photos
Written without a ghostwriter, in Boyd's own unique, passionate voice
Boyd's tell-all memoir recounts a life like no other: varied, romantic, and globe-trotter life. She performed with Gordon Lightfoot, serenaded heads of state, dated Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was a guest of the British royal family and a pen pal to Prince Philip, married one of Beverly Hills’s most eligible men, and recorded with rock stars while travelling the world with her classical guitar
This revised edition is being published simultaneously with a new autobiography by Liona Boyd
Liona Boyd, who has for decades been a household name in Canada, will promote her book to her many followers, and will take advantage of media opportunities that come her way when her goes on tour for her new album in 2017

Available since: 08/19/2017.

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