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Face It: A Memoir

A Memoir

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Face It: A Memoir

By: Debbie Harry
Narrated by: Clem Burke, Chris Stein
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Featuring exclusive additional content and guest contributions from Chris Stein and Clem Burke.

‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up, yet I was very serious.’

BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK

DEBBIE HARRY is a musician, actor, activist and the iconic face of New York City cool. As the front-woman of Blondie, she and the band forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life – until now.

In an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals that includes never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations, Face It upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail, Face It recreates the downtown scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie.

Following her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie’s break-up as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights, Face It is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps – a memoir as dynamic as its subject.

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Critic reviews

‘In this whirlwind tour of her life, Harry deploys an irreverent style well suited to her story. Her tales are intermixed with interludes that capture the eclectic and electric passion she has for the creative process. In a narrative that feels simultaneously heartfelt and spontaneous, Harry recounts close encounters with violence and harassment with the same immediacy as the moments that catapulted Blondie to worldwide fame. Readers will find reflection on life with a budding band and an uncensored view of what it took to succeed.’
Kirkus

‘Blondie fans will love its piquant atmospherics and the energy and honesty of Harry’s take on her singular saga.’
Entertainment Weekly

‘The ultimate rock’n’roll memoir’
Sunday Times

‘A rollercoaster ride that music lovers will adore’
Good Housekeeping

‘An entertaining reveal-all read’
Woman & Home

‘Extra special’
Red

‘[This] autobiography documents, brilliantly and brutally, the lawless, druggy streets of early 70s New York, living the hazy cosmic jive of the legendary downtown loft scene’
Stylist

‘Harry offers a vivid portrait of a seedy, bohemian scene in late-60s New York… Engaging’
Guardian

‘Face It: Debbie Harry’s cool and forthright memoir… The Blondie singer is a reluctant memoirist and what drove her to write this is unclear – but thank God she did’
New Statesman

‘Intoxicating… This candid memoir is an absorbing read.’
Daily Mirror, book of the week

Face It is a rollicking, riotous read, taking in Blondie’s ascent from gritty downtown New York to pop superstars to the band’s nosedive of heroin addiction, bankruptcy and break-up, and phoenix-like return to the top of the charts in 1999… a real page-turner… often jaw-dropping’
NME

‘An astonishing memoir’
The i

‘Debbie has us in raptures … Its tone is matter-of-fact, honest, self-aware and often humorous’
Daily Express

‘An eye-opening memoir’
The Times

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Most of us could listen to Debbie Harry reading out the phone directory, which is just as well because that's what it sounds like she is doing in many places. Whether because it's ghost written and she doesn't feel it, or because she's just not a natural dramatiser, she didn't feel wildly engaged with the story.

but it is such an extraordinary story - especially the early years of a broke, broken down New York, that it scarcely matters. Blondie the band and the cultural artefact takes a back seat to New York, this steaming, stinking, bankrupt, rotten, violent place, but which was absolutely the galvanising life force behind all that culture. there's no doubt that that kind of art is simply not possible in a gentrified city of today.

fascinating.

Great document, but a little loose in places

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loved it, narrated by Debbie everything comes alive. she mentions in passing some things that would and should be major events to everyone else. Blondie is everything to her but a small part of this story

Amazing and alluring

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Really enjoyed listening to Debbie’s story. All except the final couple of chapters was incredibly captivating and helped evoke a sense of NYC many decades ago.

Great memoir

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Really enjoyed this book, Debbie Harry is a legend, loved every chapter! Thumbs eh haha

Wonderful book!

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I enjoyed every last minute of this, was worth the long wait, and really enjoyed that debbie herself was reading it

Absolutely Fabulous

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