As a teenager in Detroit, Bettye LaVette scored a hit single with 'My Man - He's a Lovin' Man.' But by twenty, she had faded into obscurity. Despite her association with legends like Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown, bad luck smashed LaVette's hopes again and again. Then, after forty years of singing in clubs, her unforgettable performances at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors and at President Obama's preinaugural concert put her back in the spotlight with unflinching honesty, LaVette boldly recounts her ride from the peaks to the pits and back to the top, where she so rightly belongs. Poignant, brazen, and fearless, A Woman Like Meis a tour de force from one of the most outspoken female performers singing today - and she's a force to be reckoned with. 'This is her own story, in her own words. What else could you need to know?' Elvis Costello 'Bettye makes no apologies.' Jon Bon Jovi 'A candid, offbeat, and gloriously unapologetic memoir by one of the greatest soul singers of all time.' The Christian Science Monitor 'Powerful.' The Village Voice 'Raw and riveting.' Minneapolis Star Tribune