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Albertine, Viv, 1954-

To throw away unopened / Viv Albertine. - London : Faber & Faber, 2018. - 292 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.

Every memoir is a battle between reality and invention - but in her follow up to 'Clothes, Music, Boys', Viv Albertine has reinvented the genre with her unflinching honesty. 'To Throw Away Unopened' is a fearless dissection of one woman's obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and outsider. It is a gaping wound of a book, both an exercise in blood-letting and psychological archaeology, excavating what lies beneath: the fear, the loneliness, the anger. It is a brutal expose of human dysfunctionality, the impossibility of true intimacy, and the damage wrought upon us by secrets and revelations, siblings and parents.

ISBN: 9780571326211 (hbk.) : 14.99 0571326218 (hbk.) : 14.99

Subjects--Personal Names:
Albertine, Viv, 1954-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Slits (Musical group)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Punk rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: ML420

Dewey Class. No.: 920 ALB