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Books boeken miki berenyi nine eight digitaal luisterboek september 2022: Rough Trade Book of the Year Resident Book of the Year A Rolling Stone Book of the Year A Mojo Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year Formed in 1988 Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music.
Now Miki Berenyi tells all.
From the bohemian ways of her fathers social circle to the privileged glamour of her mothers acting career Mikis young life was a blur of travel celebrities and peripatetic schooling.
But frequent relocation parental neglect and the dark presence of her abusive grandmother resulted in crippling shyness mental-health issues and a vulnerability to exploitation.
The route out of this hole was music - a passion shared by schoolmate Emma Anderson.
The teenagers began attending gigs together and would ultimately go on to form Lush.
Talented and exuberant the band became hot property swiftly transitioning from shoegaze icons to Britpop darlings.
Re-living the tours recording sessions and music-industry madness they experienced along the way this uncompromising memoir documents Lushs thrilling rise and untimely fall.
Yet at the heart of the book are Mikis own battles.
the conflict between her mouthy public persona and her thin-skinned private identity the trials of being a woman in an infuriatingly male world the struggle to find a middle ground between safe indie obscurity and sell-out international success.
Miki also explores her complicated relationship with Emma - one that has fluctuated between camaraderie and rivalry over the years - and addresses the devastating tragedy that led to the bands split.
Told through frank confession wry humour and searing emotional honesty this is the incredible tale of a trailblazing woman and a seminal band.
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