Melissa Etheridge, My Window In 1979, when Melissa Etheridge was an aspiring rock star getting ready to leave Leavenworth, Kan., for music school in Boston, she got a 12-string guitar.

There are no more secrets in Melissa Etheridge's life. The singer lets it all hang out in a candid new album, Skin, and autobiography, The Truth Is . . . Both stem from extensive therapy sessions ...