{"product_id":"reckless-1","title":"Reckless","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the 'get down boys' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland - Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, the Pretenders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Vivienne \u0026amp; Malcolm, Ray Davies ... on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to \u003ci\u003eTop Of The Pops\u003c\/i\u003e - the long and crooked path to stardom, and for the Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781785031441\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ebury Press","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.00","offer_id":47917055312049,"sku":"SB-1785031449-C2","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1785031449.jpg?v=1789184974","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/reckless-1","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}