Table of Contents
Prologue October 2019 1
1 Where Do I Begin? 1 5
2 "I Wanna Be Free" 19
3 "The One You Need" 25
4 "You Are" 29
5 "Crazy" 35
6 "Guilty" (Barbra, Part I) 43
7 "She's a Beauty" 49
8 "White Heat" 55
9 "Should've Known Better" 59
10 "Manhunt" 71
11 "Somebody Loves You" 73
12 "If I Turn You Away" 79
13 "Endless Summer Nights" 87
14 "Don't Mean Nothing" 93
15 "Hold On to the Nights" 103
16 Riding the Speedwagon 107
17 "Edge of a Broken Heart" 111
18 "Burning of the Heart" (The Richard Marx Amendment) 121
19 "Right Here Waiting" (Barbra, Part II) 125
20 "Angelia" 131
21 The Elvis Incident 137
22 "You're the Voice" 141
23 The Tale of Taipei 145
24 It's a Boy, It's a Boy, It's a Boy 159
25 "Keep Coming Back" 165
26 "Hazard" 173
27 "Suddenly" 179
28 Elton and the Disappearing Tooth 183
29 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" 187
30 "The Way She Loves Me" 191
31 Oprah, O. J., and Me 197
32 "Through My Veins" 201
33 "The One That Got Away" 209
34 "If You Ever Leave Me" (Barbra, Part III) 225
35 "This I Promise You" 231
36 "To Where You Are" (The Mistake That Went to Number 1) 237
37 "Dance with My Father" 243
38 The Perfect Man's Imperfection 251
39 "Gone Country" 257
40 "Better Life" 265
41 A Successful Marriage 277
42 "Eyes on Me" 281
43 "Always" 289
44 "Limitless" 293
Epilogue November 2020 299
Acknowledgments 309