A Thousand Threads (Signed first edition)

Neneh Cherry

ISBN 10: 1911717006 / ISBN 13: 9781911717003

Edité par Vintage Publishing, London, GB, 2024

Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) **Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh CherryA SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024‘Intoxicating . . . Seductive’ SUNDAY TIMES‘Fabulous’ VOGUETop of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant. This was no ordinary artist. This was Neneh Cherry.But navigating fame and family wasn't always simple. In this beautiful and deeply personal memoir, Cherry remembers the collaborations, the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped her as a woman and an artist. At the heart of it, always, is family: the extraordinary three generations of artists and musicians that are her inheritance and her legacy.Musician. Songwriter. Collaborator. Activist. Mother. Daughter. Lover. Friend. Icon. This is her story.'I loved it' ZADIE SMITH'Enthralling' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Thrums with life' GUARDIAN'A living testament to artistic invention' OBSERVER. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781911717003-SF

Synopsis :

**Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**

The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry

A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD, UNCUT AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

‘Intoxicating . . . Seductive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Fabulous’ VOGUE

Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant. This was no ordinary artist. This was Neneh Cherry.

But navigating fame and family wasn't always simple. In this beautiful and deeply personal memoir, Cherry remembers the collaborations, the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped her as a woman and an artist. At the heart of it, always, is family: the extraordinary three generations of artists and musicians that are her inheritance and her legacy.

Musician. Songwriter. Collaborator. Activist. Mother. Daughter. Lover. Friend. Icon. This is her story.

'I loved it' ZADIE SMITH
'Enthralling' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'Thrums with life' GUARDIAN
'A living testament to artistic invention' OBSERVER

À propos de l?auteur: Neneh Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper and producer who first achieved global success in 1988 with ‘Buffalo Stance’, her sound a groundbreaking mix of music genres. She has released six critically acclaimed studio albums and won two Brit Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She has collaborated with artists including Gorillaz, Gang Starr, Michael Stipe, Cher and Four Tet. The Versions, an album consisting of reworked songs from her back catalogue by artists such as Sia and Robyn, was released in 2022.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : A Thousand Threads (Signed first edition)
Éditeur : Vintage Publishing, London, GB
Date d'édition : 2024
Reliure : hard
Etat : fine
Etat de la jaquette : fine
Signé : Signé par l'auteur
Edition : Edition originale