Tracey Thorn wuchs in einem der zahlreichen tristen Vororte Londons auf. Wohlbehütet und fernab der Metropole, in der in den Siebzigerjahren das wilde Leben, Punk und Abenteuer lockten, lebte sie ihr eigenes rebellisches Teenagerdasein, das sie herrlich naiv in ihren Tagebüchern festhält. Vierzig Jahre später reist sie zurück an die Orte und Schauplätze ihrer Kindheit und erzählt wunderbar von den Dramen des Erwachsenwerdens abseits der glitzernden Großstadt.
I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and signed to an indie label, and started releasing records. Then, for eighteen years, between 1982 and 2000, I was one half of the group Everything But the Girl. In that time, we released nine albums and sold nine million records. We went on countless tours, had hit singles and flop singles, were reviewed and interviewed to within an inch of our lives. I've been in the charts, out of them, back in. I've seen myself described as an indie darling, a middle-of-the-road nobody and a disco diva. I haven't always fitted in, you see, and that's made me face up to the realities of a pop career - there are thrills and wonders to be experienced, yes, but also moments of doubt, mistakes, violent lifestyle changes from luxury to squalor and back again, sometimes within minutes.
An exploration of female friendship and women in music, from the iconic singer-songwriter and bestselling author of Another Planet and Bedsit Disco Queen
A wise and witty exploration of suburbia from music icon Tracey Thorn; singer--songwriter and bestselling author of Bedsit Disco Queen