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  Paradoxical Undressing (Hardback) By (author) Kristin Hersh

  

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  Short Description for Paradoxical UndressingA powerfully original memoir of pregnancy and mental illness by the legendary founder of the seminal rock band Throwing Muses, 'a magnificently charged union of Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith' Guardian
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  • Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS
  • Published: 01 January 2011
  • Format: Hardback 336 pages
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  • Categories: Rock & Pop Music | Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups | Biography: General | Memoirs | Coping With Illness
  • ISBN 13: 9781848872387 ISBN 10: 1848872380
  • Sales rank: 64,393

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Full description for Paradoxical Undressing

• Kristin Hersh was a preternaturally bright teenager, starting university at fifteen and with her band, Throwing Muses, playing rock clubs she was too young to frequent. By the age of seventeen she was living in her car, unable to sleep for the torment of strange songs swimming around her head - the songs for which she is now known. But just as her band was taking off, Hersh was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Paradoxical Undressing chronicles the unraveling of a young woman's personality, culminating in a suicide attempt; and then her arduous yet inspiring recovery, her unplanned pregnancy at the age of 19, and the birth of her first son. Playful, vivid, and wonderfully warm, this is a visceral and brave memoir by a truly original performer, told in a truly original voice.