by Cher
First published 2024
Cher opens her memoir by looking back on seven decades of breaking rules and defying expectations. She recounts her childhood struggles with dyslexia while dreaming of fame, growing up in chaos surrounded by singers and actors. Her mother serves as both inspiration and source of conflict in their complicated relationship. The narrative follows her journey from an insecure girl without a plan to a global superstar who achieved what no other woman has accomplished. She became the only female artist to hit number one on Billboard charts across seven consecutive decades and earned an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Cannes Film Festival award. The Kennedy Center honored her contributions before she entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This first volume traces her remarkable beginnings through meeting and marrying Sonny Bono. Their complex partnership launched them to worldwide fame but ultimately drove them apart forever. Cher reveals herself as daughter, sister, wife, lover, mother, and superstar with characteristic honesty and humor. Her story proves too vast for a single book.
Genres: 20th-century, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, rags-to-riches, self-discovery
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
434 pages · Kindle Edition · HarperCollins