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A Thousand Threads

By: Neneh Cherry
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Brought to you by Penguin.

**Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**

A deeply personal and powerful memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry.

*A GUARDIAN AUDIOBOOK OF THE WEEK*
*A GUARDIAN MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024*
*A BBC CULTURE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024*

Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant. This was no ordinary artist. This was Neneh Cherry.

But navigating fame and family wasn't always simple. In this beautiful and deeply personal memoir, Cherry remembers the collaborations, the highs and lows, the friendships and loves, and the addictions and traumas that have shaped her as a woman and an artist. At the heart of it, always, is family: the extraordinary three generations of artists and musicians that are her inheritance and her legacy.

Musician. Songwriter. Collaborator. Activist. Mother. Daughter. Lover. Friend. Icon. This is her story.

'Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved it.' ZADIE SMITH

'Cherry delivers her story with clarity and calm, even when revisiting the darker chapters in her life' The Guardian

©2024 Neneh Cherry (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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So well written and read, I felt like I could visualise, like I was there experiencing the different times of life and locations with Neneh. An extraordinary life. Such detailed writing and expression. Amazing, my favourite audiobook to date.

Completely drawn in

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This will stay in my heart for a long time. Incredible to hear such vulnerability and honesty and strength.

The words held me in her love and for her family and the life she has led. Beautiful.

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Enjoyed the narration and the loving descriptions of the people in Neneh’s life who shaped her.

Really beautiful writing and a compelling personal story

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Beautifully written. Amazing journey of a very interesting life lived so far. A store full of adventures, the highs and lows of life but all full of love .

Fantastic & powerful life story

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I knew this book would be interesting when I found out who Neneh’s parents were. Descriptions of childhood locations, homes, food, music and the feeling of the people in her life are so varied and satisfying to hear about. The process of making art in all forms and devoting time and heart to anything creative is a key message I took from this. Loved it!

Beautifully written account of an eclectic life

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This was a beautiful story. Having been a fan in my teen years, inspired by Raw like Sushi album.. it was lovely to hear the story of Nenehs life and musical journey.
Incredible journey but like most lives it’s been real. Thanks for sharing I loved it!

Melodic voice, Touching Story

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I enjoyed listening to Neneh Cherry reading her autobiography.
It was full of heart, compassion, life, happiness and sorrow.
I cried a lot. I related to some things, I felt moved, intrigued and looked forward to each listen.
Neneh is an inspirational warrior.
Sue x

Beautiful, full of compassion and lives lived full

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Neneh reads her memoir eloquently and her voice is quite hypnotic. She has a poetic turn of phrase and captures the atmosphere of the experiences that shaped her life, career and music very powerfully. I could have listened to her forever.

Hypnotically spoken memoir full of love, music, family and creativity.

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The richness through music, culture, family, friends, love, food, humanness and life’s journey has been so enriching. Thank you Neneh 💓

Awesome enriching book.

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loved it all...from all perspectives...intimate poetic and honest with tributaries of Codified, accumulated natural accents that transport you betwixt the zones of geographical narration.

the river of accents

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