Yoko: A Biography
Sheff’s most important accomplishment may be taking this reframing a step further. By explaining Ono’s personal history and artistic path, he builds the case that she, not Lennon, was more damaged career-wise by their union ... The first significant biography ... The strength of Sheff’s book is simple journalism, connecting the dots that existed only vaguely before Yoko.
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Compelling ... The author is frank about Ono’s shortcomings ... Sheff’s access to those close to Ono makes Yoko an intimate read.
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There have been other biographies of Ono... [but] Sheff’s is the closest to an authorized one the world will get ... The book is predictably sympathetic, but not fawning, mostly written in a straightforward prose ... I am not an Ono-phile who wants to wallow overmuch in this kind of art, but applaud Sheff’s book as an important corrective to years of bad P.R.
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