{"product_id":"my-rock-n-roll-friend-hardcover","title":"My Rock 'n' Roll Friend - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracey Thorn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's music career was just beginning, while Lindy, drummer for The Go-Betweens, was ten years her senior. They became confidantes, comrades and best friends, a relationship cemented by gossip and feminism, books and gigs and rock 'n' roll love affairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMorrison - a headstrong heroine blazing her way through a male-dominated industry - came to be a kind of mentor to Thorn. They shared the joy and the struggle of being women in a band, trying to outwit and face down a chauvinist music media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Rock 'n' Roll Friend\u003c\/i\u003e Thorn takes stock of thirty-seven years of friendship, teasing out the details of connection and affection between two women who seem to be either complete opposites or mirror images of each other. This important book asks what people see, who does the looking, and ultimately who writes women out of - and back into - history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracey Thorn\u003c\/b\u003e is a singer-songwriter and writer, best known for her seventeen years in bestselling duo Everything But The Girl. She has released four solo albums, one movie soundtrack, a large handful of singles, and three books, including the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eAnother Planet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBedsit Disco Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London, with her husband Ben Watt and their three children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e@tracey_thorn traceythorn.com\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767887986976,"sku":"9781786898227","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/aff593fced6382fc1f6485899b0e0a84.webp?v=1780319522","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-rock-n-roll-friend-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}