Chrissie Hynde is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best
known as the lead singer and songwriter of the enduring rock band
The Pretenders. Hynde released nine studio albums with The
Pretenders, beginning with 1980’s Pretenders,
which Rolling Stone called the #13 Best Debut Album of
All Time. Most recently, she released her first solo
album, Stockholm, in 2014. She lives in London.
www.chrissiehynde.com
“Heartfelt and beautifully written.” —The Huffington Post
“Snaps with wit. . . . Reveals an extremely rare and brave
character.” —New York Daily News
“Sharp. . . . Moving. . . . Restless and emphatic.” —The Wall
Street Journal
“Hynde is an irresistible, unapologetic storyteller.” —USA
Today
“A love letter to rock ‘n’ roll. . . . Honest and distinctive. . .
. [Reckless] gives an accurate sense of what it’s like to sit down
with Chrissie Hynde. . . . Acerbic, clever, confrontational.” —The
New York Times Book Review
“Rich and ragged. . . . Engaging. . . . [Hynde] writes just
like she lives, and just like she makes music. She does it her way,
which is an inimitable multiplicity of things: impulsive, untamed,
ragged, proud.” —The Daily Beast
“Chrissie Hynde’s autobiography, Reckless, out-rocks them all.”
—The Washington Post
“Rebellious, fierce. . . . Full of engaging stories, dry wit and
revelations.” —The Guardian (London)
“Fascinating. . . . A portrait of an era.” —Vogue.com
“[A] fascinating memoir.” —Financial Times
“Entertaining. . . . Sarcasm and dry humor shine through. . . . One
can almost hear her deep, sneering vibrato.” —Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
“A stirring tale of rock, regret and redemption. . . . Unflinching.
. . . Reckless is a survivor’s tale, a portrait of a woman
bolstered by conviction and buoyed by extreme fortitude. ”
—The Buffalo News
“This long-awaited memoir tells [Hynde’s] life story in full and
utterly fascinating detail. . . . She brings a fantastic eye for
detail, a withering and sardonic sense of humor, and a fearless
emotional honesty.” —Library Journal
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