I'll Never Write My Memoirs

Marc Notes: Memoir from model and actress Grace Jones--Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Legendary influential performer Grace Jones offers a revealing account of her spectacular career and turbulent life, charting the development of a persona that has made her one of the world's most recognizable artists. As a singer, model, and actress--a deluxe triple threat--Grace has consistently been an extreme, challenging presence in the entertainment world since her emergence as an international model in the 1970s. Celebrated for her audacious talent and trailblazing style, Grace became one of the most unforgettable, free-spirited characters to emerge from the historic Studio 54, recording glittering disco classics such as "I Need a Man" and "La Vie en Rose." Her provocative shows in underground New York nightclubs saw her hailed as a disco queen, gay icon, and gender defying iconoclast. In 1980, the always ambitious Grace escaped a crowded disco scene to pursue more experimental interests. Her music also broke free, blending house, reggae, and electronica into a timeless hybrid that led to classic hits such as "Pull Up to the Bumper" and "Slave to the Rhythm." In the memoir she once promised never to write, Grace offers an intimate insight into her evolving style, personal philosophies, and varied career--including her roles in the 1984 fantasy-action film "Conan the Destroyer" alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and the James Bond movie "A View to a Kill." Featuring sixteen pages of stunning full-color photographs, many from her own personal archive, "I'll Never Write My Memoirs" follows this ageless creative nomad as she rejects her strict religious upbringing in Jamaica; conquers New York, Paris, and the 1980s; answers to no-one; and lives to fight again and again. Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 08/14/2015 pg. 66 (EAN 9781476765075, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/31/2015 (EAN 9781476765075, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2015 pg. 112 (EAN 9781476765075, Hardcover) Booklist 09/15/2015 pg. 15 (EAN 9781476765075, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/15/2015 pg. 78 (EAN 9781476765075, Hardcover) Booklist 09/15/2015 pg. 15 (EAN 9781476765099, Open Ebook) Contributor Bio:  Jones, Grace Performer, actress, and musician Grace Jones has been making a name for herself since she left Jamaica as a twelve-year-old in the 1960s. First finding fame as a fashion model in the early 1970s, then as a sensational disco queen during the Studio 54 years, she is as much surrealist as showgirl, as much performance artist as party animal. She has been Bond villain and Warhol confidante, post-modern icon and avant-garde pop star. "I'll Never Write My Memoirs" is her first book. Contributor Bio:  Morley, Paul Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic Paul Morley has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. He was a founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and first worked with Grace Jones as part of the team that produced "Slave to the Rhythm."