For little Jane, a monkey in a jockey costume - Monkey - was her favorite toy, which she would not let go of. For adult Jane, the plush Monkey became a talisman - she took him to all important meetings, did not board a plane without him, and did not go to the hospital. When Serge Gainsbourg died, Jane put Monkey in his coffin...Perhaps because Jane did not have close friends as a child, she was used to trusting all her secrets to Monkey. The entries in the diaries that Jane kept from the age of eleven are also addressed to the plush confidant. But there is nothing of the doll in Jane Birkin herself - she is a passionate and courageous woman, honest with herself and with others. The singer, actress and style icon was not afraid to challenge bigots and hypocrites: she sang the infamous “I love you... I don’t love you either” with Gainsbourg, appeared in public in shocking outfits, while remaining at the same time a faithful wife, loving mother and caring daughter .The diaries of the incomparable Jane Birkin are a fascinating story about an entire era and the people who lived in it, sincere and frank...