num_pages: 340
description: An ace celebrity biographer reveals the truth of the rock legend's troubled childhood, drug and alcohol problems, numerous affairs, and much more. By the author of Up and Down with the Rolling Stones. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin : A Biography
titlecomplete: Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin : A Biography
characters: Janis Joplin
genres: Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Biography, Music
ratings_count: 789
publisher: Grand Central Pub