Rememberings

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An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on American television. Unapologetic and impossible to ignore, she called out hypocrisy wherever she saw it, and has done so for three decades. Now, in Rememberings, O'Connor tells her story - the heartache of growing up in a family falling apart; her early forays into the Dublin music scene; her adventures and misadventures in the world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; the fulfilment of being a mother; her ongoing spiritual quest - and through it all, her abiding passion for music. Rememberings is intimate, replete with candid anecdotes and full of hard-won insights. It is a unique and remarkable chronicle by a unique and remarkable artist.

Reviews

Tremendous . . . fierce and funny * Sunday Times Books of the Year *
Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating * Irish Times *
So good, you'll want to read it twice * Sunday Independent *
Beautifully observed . . . lyrical, funny and anguished * Guardian *
It is a soul-bearing, brutally honest account of an extraordinary life * BBC Online *
Fantastic . . . the way it's written is f**kin' beautiful . . . go out and get it -- Blindboy Boatclub
Her voice on the page is as fearless, riveting and unforgettable as her voice in song. The cadence alone is hypnotic, her story essential. Rememberings is a must-read -- Michael Stipe
Devastating, wise, hilarious and original -- Risn Ingle
A terrific book . . . absolutely brilliant -- Brendan O'Connor
O'Connor gets you onside so completely with her direct narrative, you feel you could be in the same room as her * Sunday Times *
Rememberings offers O'Connor's very personal version of events, a tale of maternal and institutional abuse that might be a misery memoir, if it weren't related with such eccentric charm and cheery fortitude * Daily Telegraph *
From wild youth to troubled adulthood, this memoir is a blast of chaos * Times *
Utterly brilliant -- Paul Howard
Astonishing. Staggering -- Rob Delaney
Superb . . . fantastic * Irish Daily Star *
Beautifully written * VIP *
Honest and illuminating * Irish Independent *
Rememberings is an electrifying reminder of the importance of [O'Connor's] voice * Business Post *
O'Connor brings everything to this memoir * Financial Times *
Incendiary * i *
Astonishingly good, wise and hilarious -- Louise Nealon
Candid, open-hearted . . . a lot of self-deprecation, a lot of laughs, and a measure of honesty that would put most of us to shame * Anglo-Celt *
Genuinely incredible . . . [Rememberings is] suffused with humour and forgiveness * Guardian *
There's nothing conventional about Sinad O'Connor and there's little conventional about her memoir either. . . She writes with searing honesty and plenty of wit * Independent *
Her complicated life makes for riveting reading. From ripping up photographs of the Pope on prime time US television and her mental health struggles to a rollercoaster spiritual quest, she has never been afraid to be fearless * iNews *

Author Bio

Sinead O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter and recording artist. She rose to international fame in 1990 with her arrangement of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, and her critically-acclaimed albums have won or been nominated for five Grammys. She lives in Wicklow.