To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine

To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine

At the launch party for her memoir in 2014, the musician Viv Albertine received news that her mother was dying, and spent a few final hours with the woman who was, in a sense, the love of her life. In the turbulent weeks after the funeral, Viv made a series of discoveries that revealed the role of family conflicts in propelling her towards the uncompromising world of punk. Part radical reinvention of the memoir form; part feminist manifesto; part domestic noir; part polemic on motherhood; To Throw Away Unopened is an indefinable book exploring the nature of intimacy. Unapologetically honest, this is a story of human dysfunctionality which miraculously reveals how we do manage to function, live, and love.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018 Songwriter and musician Viv Albertine was the guitarist in cult female punk band The Slits. She was a key player in British counter-culture before her career in TV and film Directing. Her first solo album The Vermilion Border was released in 2012, and her memoir, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys was a Sunday Times, Mojo, Rough Trade, and NME Book of the Year in 2014, as well as being shortlisted for the National Book Awards.

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ISBN 13	9780571342907
ISBN 10	0571342906
Title	To Throw Away Unopened
Author	Viv Albertine
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2018-04-05
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for Costa Biography Award 2018 (UK)
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