TASCHEN
★★★★
From the moment Sinéad O’Connor entered the public consciousness in the late 80s with her shaven head and Doc Marten boots, markedly different from anyone else in the charts at the time, she was an arresting presence intent on dancing to the beat of her own drum – whatever the consequences. As she writes in Rememberings, her first memoir, O’Connor always saw her role as a protest singer, akin to Bob Dylan or Bob Marley. She became a pop star almost by accident.
Structured as a series of vignettes (the ‘rememberings’ of the title) as opposed to a traditional autobiography, Sinéad apologises in the book’s introduction for her lack of writing ability. This proves unnecessary, though, as she’s not only a perfectly competent writer, her book is all the more captivating as it’s told in a voice that is unmistakably hers. O’Connor also explains why huge swathes of her life are missing from the book (much of it takes place from her childhood to her big breakthrough in the early 90s) – this is due to her experiencing mental health episodes, her discovery of weed, or some instances being so painful that she has blocked them out.
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