{"product_id":"living-like-a-runaway-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLita Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE \"FEARLESS ... VIVID ... FAST-PACED ... AND INSPIRING\"* NATIONAL BESTSELLER (*\u003cem\u003eROLLING STONE\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heavy metal's leading female rocker (\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e) bares all, opening up about the Runaways, the glory days of the punk and hard-rock scenes, and the highs and lows of her trailblazing career\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWielding her signature black guitar, Lita Ford shredded stereotypes of female musicians throughout the 1970s and '80s. Then followed more than a decade of silence and darkness--until rock and roll repaid the debt it owed this pioneer, helped Lita reclaim her soul, and restored the Queen of Metal to her throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1975, Lita Ford left home at age sixteen to join the world's first major all-female rock group, the Runaways--a \"pioneering band\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e) that became the subject of a Hollywood movie starring Kristen Stewart ad Dakota Fanning. Lita went on to become \"heavy rock's first female guitar hero\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), a platinum-selling solo star who shared the bill with the Ramones, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison, and others and who gave Ozzy Osbourne his first Top 10 hit. She was a bare-ass, leather-clad babe whose hair was bigger and whose guitar licks were hotter than any of the guys'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e as \"one of the greatest female electric guitar players to ever pick up the instrument,\" Lita spurred the meteoric rise of Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, and the rest of the Runaways. Her phenomenal talent on the fret board also carried her to tremendous individual success after the group's 1979 disbandment, when she established herself as a \"legendary metal icon\" (\u003cem\u003eGuitar World\u003c\/em\u003e) and a fixture of the 1980s music scene who held her own after hours with Nikki Sixx, Jon Bon Jovi, Eddie Van Halen, Tommy Lee, Motorhead's Lemmy, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi (to whom she was engaged), and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a foreword by Dee Snider, \u003cem\u003eLiving Like a Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e also provides never-before-told details of Lita's dramatic personal story. For Lita, life as a woman in the male-dominated rock scene was never easy, a constant battle with the music establishment. But then, at a low point in her career, came a tumultuous marriage that left her feeling trapped, isolated from the rock-and-roll scene for more than a decade, and--most tragically--alienated from her two sons. And yet, after a dramatic and emotional personal odyssey, Lita picked up her guitar and stormed back to the stage. As \u003cem\u003eGuitar Player\u003c\/em\u003e hailed in 2014 when they inducted her into their hall of fame of guitar greats: \"She is as badass as ever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearless, revealing, and compulsively readable, Lita Ford's \u003cem\u003eLiving Like a Runaway \u003c\/em\u003eis the long-awaited memoir from one of rock's greatest pioneers--and fiercest survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWielding her signature black guitar, Lita Ford shredded the stereotypes of female musicians throughout the 1970s and '80s, starting with the world's first major all-female rock group, the Runaways, then as a platinum-selling solo artist who shared the bill with the Ramones, Van Halen, Mley Cr?, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison, and others--and who gave Ozzy Osbourne his first Top 10 hit. Then followed more than a decade of silence and darkness: a tumultuous marriage that left her feeling trapped, isolated from the rock-and-roll scene for more than a decade--and most tragically--alienated from her two beloved sons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Like a Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e is Lita Ford's epic story--the dramatic chronicle of a pioneer who became \"heavy rock's first female guitar hero\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), of a fierce woman who kicked ass in the male-dominated rock scene, and of a returning queen who has reclaimed her soul and stormed back to the stage \"as badass as ever\" (\u003cem\u003eGuitar Player\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWielding her signature black guitar, Lita Ford shredded the stereotypes of female musicians throughout the 1970s and '80s, starting with the world's first major all-female rock group, the Runaways, then as a platinum-selling solo artist who shared the bill with the Ramones, Van Halen, Mley Cr?, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Poison, and others--and who gave Ozzy Osbourne his first Top 10 hit. Then followed more than a decade of silence and darkness: a tumultuous marriage that left her feeling trapped, isolated from the rock-and-roll scene for more than a decade--and most tragically--alienated from her two beloved sons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving Like a Runaway\u003c\/em\u003e is Lita Ford's epic story--the dramatic chronicle of a pioneer who became \"heavy rock's first female guitar hero\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), of a fierce woman who kicked ass in the male-dominated rock scene, and of a returning queen who has reclaimed her soul and stormed back to the stage \"as badass as ever\" (\u003cem\u003eGuitar Player\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765013053728,"sku":"9780062270658","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/913cdda7eca2d23d62976bc8636f9a21.webp?v=1780260402","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/living-like-a-runaway-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}