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Living like a runaway / Lita Ford.

Ford, Lita, (author.).

Summary:

The legendary lead guitarist of The Runaways presents a brutally honest memoir in which she opens up about her violently abusive marriage to a metal rocker and how her escape and freedom cost her the sons she stayed in the marriage to protect.

Contents:

Foreword by Dee Snider
Part I: From the cradle to the stage. Sweet sixteen
The audition
Born to be bad
Queens of noise
Japan
Good-bye, Cherie
Part II: Girls don't play guitar. Get a real job
The makeover
Dancin' on the edge
Lira
Lisa
Black
Mother
The asylum
Living like a runaway.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0062270648
  • ISBN: 9780062270641
  • Physical Description: x, 262 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, [2016]

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword by Dee Snider
Part I: From the cradle to the stage. Sweet sixteen ; The audition ; Born to be bad ; Queens of noise ; Japan ; Good-bye, Cherie
Part II: Girls don't play guitar. Get a real job ; The makeover ; Dancin' on the edge ; Lira ; Lisa ; Black ; Mother ; The asylum ; Living like a runaway.

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Genre: Biography.
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