{"product_id":"rememberings-book-sinad-oconnor-9780358695264","title":"Rememberings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor comes a revelatory celebrity memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a string of gold records. By the time she was twenty, she was world-famous--living a rock-star life out loud. From her trademark shaved head to her 1992 appearance on \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e when she tore up Pope John Paul II's photograph, Sinéad has fascinated and outraged millions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRememberings,\u003c\/i\u003e O'Connor recounts her painful tale of growing up in Dublin in a dysfunctional, abusive household. Inspired by a brother's Bob Dylan records, she escaped into music. She relates her early forays with local Irish bands; we see Sinéad completing her first album while eight months pregnant, hanging with Rastas in the East Village, and soaring to unimaginable popularity with her cover of Prince's \"Nothing Compares 2 U.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntimate, replete with candid anecdotes and told in a singular form true to her unconventional career, this powerful music biography is a remarkable chronicle of an enduring and influential artist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis raw, unflinching memoir explores:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Dublin Childhood:\u003c\/b\u003e The painful, private story of growing up in a dysfunctional and abusive household, and how the discovery of Bob Dylan records offered an escape into music.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Power of Song:\u003c\/b\u003e From early days with local Irish bands to completing her first album while eight months pregnant and soaring to global fame with her cover of Prince's \"Nothing Compares 2 U.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA 90s Music Icon:\u003c\/b\u003e A look at the rock-star life out loud--from the trademark shaved head to the fiery temperament that fascinated and outraged millions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSpeaking Truth to Power:\u003c\/b\u003e The full story behind her 1992 appearance on \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II, creating a moment that would define her career.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49851628880145,"sku":"CIN0358695260A","price":7.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50254674198801,"sku":"GOR012935834","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50255969288465,"sku":"CIN0358695260VG","price":5.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983656456465,"sku":"NIN9780358695264","price":18.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103423623441,"sku":"CIN0358695260G","price":10.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0358695260.jpg?v=1751071255","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/rememberings-book-sinad-oconnor-9780358695264","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}