
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
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Martha Wainwright
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'With disarming candour and courage, Martha tells us of finding her own voice and peace as a working artist and mother. Her story is made more unique because of the remarkably gifted musical family she was born into.' EMMYLOU HARRIS
This is Martha Wainwright’s heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry and more.
Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly-acclaimed singer Rufus Wainwright, Martha grew up in a world filled with such incomparable folk legends as Leonard Cohen, Anna McGarrigle, Richard and Linda Thompson, Pete Townsend and Emmylou Harris. It was within this loud, boisterous, musical milieu that Martha came of age, struggling to find her voice until she exploded onto the music scene with her 2005 debut and critically acclaimed album, Martha Wainwright, which contained the blistering hit, ‘Bloody Mother F*cking Asshole’, which the Sunday Times called one of the best songs of that year. Her successful debut album and the ones that followed such as Come Home to Mama, I Know You're Married but I've Got Feelings Too and Goodnight City came to define Martha's searing songwriting style and established her as a powerful voice to be reckoned with.
In Stories I Might Regret Telling You, Martha digs into the deep recesses of herself with the same emotional honesty that has come to define her music. She describes her tumultuous public-facing journey from awkward, earnest and ultimately rebellious daughter, through her intense competition and ultimate alliance with her brother, Rufus, to the heart-breaking loss of their mother, Kate, and then, finally, discovering her voice as an artist. With candour and grace, Martha writes of becoming a mother herself and making peace with her past struggles with Kate and her younger self. Ultimately, this book offers a thoughtful and deeply personal look into the extraordinary life of one of the most talented singer-songwriters in music today.
honest, open and fabulous .
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Well worth the wait.
Amazing Martha
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An intimate telling of a life worth telling
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Martha Wainwright gets the tone just right: emotional authenticity but also a real (and admirable) sense of balance and impartiality in her accounts of passionate and complex family dynamics. There’s no special pleading, no self-pity, but rather insight and honesty and a portrayal of a life lived whole-heartedly.
The mother/daughter relationship is depicted with such clarity that even if you’re not a fan it would be worth reading this book for that alone.
Also, of course, for fans of Martha and the Wainwrights (I am both), an intriguing visit to the world of a family that lives for and in music; that comes together through music despite wounds and rifts that many of us naught struggle to overcome.
Martha’s beautiful voice and intelligent delivery is a joy. Just finished listening and about to start all over again.
Wonderful Martha, compelling stories
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Raw, honest and open.
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My only gripe comes from a deep wish for me to hear more commentary about her songs, not loads, but a bit, just a bit more, about the albums I love so deeply. There's additional context given with respect to most of them, her albums, but I would have liked to have heard a little more about those moments.
In any case, it's cuttingly frank, not in a harmful way, just unashamedly honest, and paints a picture of her life so far in a way I didn't expect. I wonder if she may go on to writing something else, about herself, someone else, or something else - I'd certainly be interested. Very much liked her approach to writing this!
I loved it, but wish it was bigger.
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Superb chronicle of a less ordinary life, lived fully
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