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To Throw Away Unopened: A Memoir
To Throw Away Unopened: A Memoir | Viv Albertine
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The remarkable follow-up to her sensational, bestselling memoir At the launch party for her memoir Clothes Music Boys in 2014, Viv Albertine received the news her mother was dying. She left the party immediately and spent a few final hours with a woman who had been an enormous presence and force in her life. In the weeks that followed, Viv was left with the task of sorting through her mother's affairs. In that process she came across one fatally curious item: a bag labelled "To throw away unopened." This auspicious moment lies at the heart of Viv Albertine's second book, part memoir, part manifesto, part polemic in which she touches on sex, ageing, feminism (in all its guises) and other conundrums that characterize the 21st century life. It is a bold and unapologetic follow-up to a book which became a sensation by a musician and writer who sits at the heart of the counter-cultural landscape today as a celebrated and feted figure.
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overtheedge
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I really enjoyed 'Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys'. I'm looking forward to more from this talented and thrilling writer!!

Graywacke Her memoir was really terrific! 6y
overtheedge @Graywacke this was fantastic. 5y
Graywacke @overtheedge ok, wow. I‘m interested. 5y
overtheedge @Graywacke She talks alot about her mother and their relationship, and about her daughter. 5y
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This is Viv Albertine's (of The Slits) second memoir. This one is all about her relationships with her family and how they've shaped her over the years, with The Slits only getting the odd mention here and there. It's just as funny and honest as Clothes, Music, Boys. I did find parts of it quite emotionally hard to read, but I think most readers will - after all, no one's family is perfect!