Sinéad O'Connor

Tremendous . . . fierce and funny

Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating

So good, you'll want to read it twice

Beautifully observed . . . lyrical, funny and anguished

It is a soul-bearing, brutally honest account of an extraordinary life

Fantastic . . . the way it's written is f**kin' beautiful . . . go out and get it

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

Devastating, wise, hilarious and original

A terrific book . . . absolutely brilliant

O'Connor gets you onside so completely with her direct narrative, you feel you could be in the same room as her

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

From wild youth to troubled adulthood, this memoir is a blast of chaos

Rememberings is an electrifying reminder of the importance of [O'Connor's] voice

O'Connor brings everything to this memoir

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

Genuinely incredible . . . [Rememberings is] suffused with humour and forgiveness

There's nothing conventional about Sinéad O'Connor and there's little conventional about her memoir either. . . She writes with searing honesty and plenty of wit

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

Sinéad 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.

Rememberings

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Tremendous . . . fierce and funny

Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating

So good, you'll want to read it twice

Tremendous . . . fierce and funny

Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating

So good, you'll want to read it twice

Tremendous . . . fierce and funny

Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating

So good, you'll want to read it twice

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