Cher: Part One
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4.4 • 251 Ratings
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
Cher: The Memoir, Part One promises to be an engaging and exciting audiobook experience, befitting this incredible book. Read in part by Cher herself, the book is introduced, and each chapter launched, by the author. Rounding out each chapter as she continues the narrative is celebrated stage actor Stephanie J. Block.?Stephanie starred on Broadway in The Cher Show for which she won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. Together, Cher and Stephanie share the storytelling duties, alternating within the chapters to create a unique audiobook treatment that will bring listeners fully into this period of Cher’s life—from her earliest childhood memories, to her meeting Sonny and their ascent into superstardom, her painful divorce from Bono, her relationship with Gregg Allman and her reach for independence. It is a story of creativity, individuality, motherhood, love, and loss, as only Cher could recount.
“Lending my voice to help deliver Cher’s memoir has been an honor and a thrill. Her life is fascinating, glamorous, surprising, exciting… and at times, completely heartbreaking. Her story is a beautiful balance of ULTIMATE stardom and accessibility. She is CHER for a reason and this book helps the reader get behind ‘the reason,’” says Block.
“When it came to completing the audiobook, I knew I wouldn't be able to do it all myself due to my dyslexia.? But then I thought of Stephanie, who won the Tony for playing me on Broadway in The Cher Show. I knew she would be the perfect choice to get across to the reader the essence of me. I called her and within hours she re-arranged her schedule to start the recording.? I felt so safe having her help share my story, and she did a beautiful job,” says Cher.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The only way to learn the incredible life story of a pop culture phenomenon like Cher is straight from the icon herself. In this captivating first half of a two-part memoir, the singer and actress born Cherilyn Sarkisian offers up a bold, honest, and reflective look at her life. She does that by first telling the story of her mother, Jackie Jean, whose own struggles with abandonment, abuse, and generational poverty (not to mention her ambitions as a singer and actress) offer eye-opening context about the world Cher was born into. By the time the teenage Cher meets a slightly older music biz veteran named Sonny Bono and gets launched onto a seemingly never-ending roller coaster of worldwide stardom and embarrassing missteps with an unsettling undercurrent of emotional abuse in both directions, Cher: The Memoir already feels like an entire lifetime. Cher shares the narration with Stephanie J. Block, and what’s amazing is that this volume still leaves so much to look forward to in the next.
Customer Reviews
So so good!
This book is great! I never wanted it to end. So interesting and captivating. Cher is a great story teller!
Cher
No words needed. Read it.
Omg. Obsessed. I need part 2 now
when I saw this audiobook was 15 hours I thought to myself…oh this going to be detailed and good. I listen to A LOT of memoirs, and this one is immediately going on my top 3 list. 5 stars.