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Book SynopsisA remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.
''Through this deeply personal take, the real significance of Faithfull as an irrepressible female icon shines through.''
SHINDIG
''Excellent . . . Pearson deserves the widest possible audience.''
POPMATTERS
First as a doe-eyed ingénue with As Tears Go By', then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-less icon, Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of rock 'n' roll to chart a career spanning five decades and multiple detours.
Why, then, was Faithfull absent from the male-dominated history of the British Invasion?
Putting memoir on equal footing with biographical accounts, historian Tanya Pearson writes about Faithfull as an avid fan, recovered addict and queer mus
