Neneh Cherry A Thousand Threads Paperback Book

Shortlisted for the Womens Prize for NonFiction 2025The 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 2024Intoxicating . . . Seductive SUNDAY TIMESInspiring ANNIE MACMANUSFabulous 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. Cherry has always been a creative force to be reckoned with. She spent some of her childhood at the iconic Chelsea Hotel performed with allgirl punk band the Slits as a teenager was among the pioneers of nineties pop music and has inspired wave after wave of musicians and artists. In this joyous and electric memoir, Cherry remembers the collaborations, the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped her. At the heart of it, always, is family the extraordinary three generations of artists and musicians that are her inheritance and her legacy. I loved it ZADIE SMITHEnthralling BERNARDINE EVARISTOThrums with life GUARDIANA living testament to artistic invention OBSERVER | Neneh Cherry A Thousand Threads Paperback Book