Blabbermouth.net just confirmed Lita Ford's highly anticipated memoir 'Living Like A Runaway' will finally make its debut in June. I have been waiting forever for the book to release. I pre-ordered exactly a year ago but due to the release date continuously changing I cancelled my pre-order.
The 240 page memoir is set to release June 16th! Read a bit about the book below and get excited people:
The legendary former lead guitarist of The Runaways opens up about the ’70s and ’80s music scene and her extraordinary life and career in this long-awaited, emotionally powerful memoir.
Lita Ford lived her dreams, until her life turned into a nightmare. She left home at age sixteen to join the world’s first all-female rock group, the Runaways jand went on to become the first woman hard rock guitarist, a platinum-selling star who gave Ozzy Osbourne his first Top Ten hit, a bare-ass, leather-clad sexy babe whose hair was bigger and guitar licks were hotter than any of the guys. She is also the mother of two sons whose harrowing tale of her catastrophic marriage to a metal rocker makes Ike and Tina Turner sound like life at the country club.
But in the end, Lita’s story changes from a music story to a woman’s story—a wrenching, desperate drama of human bondage and a mother’s love, a life-and-death struggle over her own soul. Trapped in an increasingly terrifying marriage, systematically stripped of her connections to the outside world, Lita Ford became a prisoner in her own life, a slave to her husband’s demands, living like a captive. She plotted her escape and her freedom cost her the boys she stayed in the marriage to protect. Her graphic, explicit story will terrify and horrify readers, but they won’t be able to put it down.
Living Like a Runaway will shock people with the candor that Lita Ford shines on her dramatic life story. At ease as a woman in the previously all-male world of rock, Lita shares with her male counterparts an unvarnished directness when it comes to topics such as sex, drugs, money or fame. No female rock star of Lita’s stature has ever before told the real story of women in rock. With unprecedented rawness and honesty, Living Like a Runaway reminds us that Lita Ford is not only one of music’s greatest pioneers, but also one of its fiercest survivors. (Amazon)
I'm a huge fan of Lita Ford and I cannot tell you enough how excited I am! On August 19th, 2012 I had the pleasure of meeting Lita and I'm hoping she does a book signing so I can meet her again. I can't believe it was so long ago (I WAS 15?!). My fingers are crossed..
- John C
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