Cher : the memoir. Part one

Title:

Author:

Cher, 1946- author.

Summary:

Cher holds the attention of the world with her voice, her acting, her style, her wit and her unstoppable spirit. Now, for the first time, she tells her story in her own voice – as honest as it is hilarious, as powerful as it is perceptive. Cher’s childhood was anything but normal. As her mother Georgia – blessed with movie-star looks and a knockout voice – moved them around the country over and again in the hope of finding fame, her school life wasn’t straightforward. But she always knew she was going to be somebody when she grew up. Cher’s powerful instinct to keep moving eventually landed her in the arms of Sonny Bono. The duo became famous beyond their wildest dreams, from humble beginnings singing backup in Phil Spector’s studio through to pop stardom as Sonny and Cher, and then on to the television show that made them household names. But as time passed, fame changed the dynamic of their relationship and Cher evolved from a wide-eyed teenager into a woman. She started fighting for herself, breaking away from Sonny’s control – and realizing that things were not as they seemed. Taking risks, making headlines, falling in love, Cher struggled and stumbled while trying to become her own woman. The Memoir, Part One brings us to the brink of her next chapter, as she begins to chart her own path, finally claiming her rightful place in the world and becoming CHER.-- Goodreads

Edition:

First edition.

Contents:

Author's note -- Preface -- Georgia on my mind -- I'm so lonesome I could cry -- A dream is a wish your heart makes -- Unforgettable -- I'm movin' on -- Because you loved me -- Trouble -- New York, New York -- Tony meets Maria -- Be my baby -- Baby don't go -- I got you babe -- Good times -- The harder they come -- Ladies and gentlemen, Sonny & Cher -- I will always love you -- We can work it out -- And then there was David . . . you raise me up -- Both sides now -- All in love is fair -- Changes -- Acknowledgments.

Physical Description:

xv, 413 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Personal Subject:

Cher, 1946-

Subject Term:

Motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography.

Singers -- Biography.

Publisher:

Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow,

Publication Date:

2024

ISBN:

9780062863102

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2024]

Call Number:

927 CHER

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself.

After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.

Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, she is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has been lauded by the Kennedy Center.

She is a lifelong activist and philanthropist.

As a dyslexic child who dreamed of becoming famous, Cher was raised in often-chaotic circumstances, surrounded by singers, actors, and a mother who inspired her in spite of their difficult relationship.

With her trademark honesty and humor, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century.

Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono--and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.

Cher: The Memoir reveals the daughter, the sister, the wife, the lover, the mother, and the superstar.

It is a life too immense for only one book.