
Reckless
My Life As a Pretender
$47.84
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2016
Summary
A powerful and uncompromising memoir from one of rock’s most charismatic stars
By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect ‘50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock ‘n’ roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys’ seen at gigs in and around Cleveland - Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many.
Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785031465 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1785031465 |
| Author: | Chrissie Hynde |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2016 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
Chrissie Hynde has just written the rock memoir of the year
Chrissie Hynde has just written the rock memoir of the year * Sunday Times *
Chrissie Hynde’s autobiography Reckless … out-rocks them all * Washington Post *
She writes just like she lives, and just like she makes music. She does it her way, which is an inimitable multiplicity of things: impulsive, untamed, ragged, proud, a little sad around the edges * Daily Beast *
Full of engaging stories, dry wit and revelations * Guardian *
She writes beautifully – Mail on Sunday
Through all of the tragedy and mishaps, Reckless remains first and foremost a love letter to rock ’n’ roll * New York Times *
Something close to rock’s Joan Didion * New York Times *
Fascinating * Uncut *
She’s as sharp as a tack and dryly funny…Hynde’s memoir is wonderfully written. Hynde is made of music, of the kind of music that pulls you in and eats you up, and she has survived it. She is a remarkable woman… – India Knight * Sunday Times, Culture *
Hundreds of great moments…Fantastic autobiography. – Danny Baker * BBC Radio 5 Live *
About The Author
Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the leader of the Pretenders. Hynde released nine studio albums as the Pretenders, beginning with 1980’s Pretenders, which Rolling Stone ranked in the top 15 best debut albums of all time. Most recently, she released the album Stockholm, under her own name, in 2014. She lives in London.
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