In her upcoming autobiography, Brandi Carlile writes about what it was like to grow up in a musically gifted, dysfunctional yet loving, impoverished family outside Seattle. In addition, she takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her art–from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton’s Honky Cat, to her first break opening for the Dave Matthews Band, to six studios, all while raising two children with her wife.