Lucy O'Brien

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Beschreibung

Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize A Times Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the Year'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug.

Autor

Dr Lucy O'Brien is a writer/academic and author of She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Popular, Dusty: The Classic Biography and Madonna: Like an Icon, as well as co-authoring Skin's memoir, It Takes Blood and Guts. Lucy was a judge for the Penderyn Music Book Prize in 2018 and has contributed to numerous publications including Q, Mojo, NME the Sunday Times, the Guardian, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. She is also a TV/radio broadcaster, having co-produced Righteous Babes, the Channel 4 film about women in rock, and scripted the BBC Radio 2 series She Bop. Her PhD is on women's agency and power in popular music and, back in 1979/80, she played in all-female punk band, the Catholic Girls.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 128mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781788708272
• ISBN-10: 178870827X
• Artikelnr.: 69073523