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Françoise Hardy has been an icon in France and around the world since the 1960s. With complete candor and intimacy, she offers her story, her truth, the way she wants it to be told.

Of course, Françoise Hardy writes about her career – her beginnings as a musician, the highs and lows, her favorite and least favorite songs, as well as their artistic creation. She details her encounters and relationships with other celebrities such as Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg, Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger.

However, she goes far beyond her profession and shares all that is personal. She talks about her childhood, her relationship with her mother, including the emotional details of her euthanasia, her sister’s schizophrenia and tragic death, her affinity for astrology and psychological analysis, and her unconventional relationship with husband, and fellow artist, Jacques Dutronc. She reveals the surprising vulnerability and insecurity of a unique superstar