Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright
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Stories I Might Regret Telling You
- By: Martha Wainwright
- Narrated by: Martha Wainwright
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
Publisher's Summary
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.
©2022 Martha Wainwright. All rights reserved. (P)2022 Penguin Random House Canada. All Rights Reserved.
LAURIE FAEN
Heartfelt and moving
A really personal journey by a powerful woman with a lot to say. I’ve always liked her voice and her energy and knew a bit about her lineage
I was listening to her parents before she was born.
Seen her perform and felt her intensity and passion but the book filled in so much.
Martha reads really well. There’s no holding back and she has a clear understanding of her journey so far.
At times she reminded me of a young Marianne Faithful but I think she’s found her strength sooner.
Poor Brad gets a bashing. I imagine his book if he ever wrote one would paint a very different story,
But I doubt I’d be interested in reading it.
I think Audio bios, when read by the writer, are the closest us strangers get to knowing someone we admire.
More power to your pen Martha. You rock.
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