A Thousand Threads

<p><b>** Longlisted for the Women¿s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025**</b><br><br><b>The joyous and electric memoir from beloved music icon Neneh Cherry</b><br><br><b>A <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>, <i>GUARDIAN</i>, <i>NEW STATESMAN</i>, <i>EVENING STANDARD</i>, <i>UNCUT</i> AND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024</b><br><br><b>¿Intoxicating . . . Seductive¿ <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br>''Inspiring'' <i>ANNIE MACMANUS</i><br>¿Fabulous¿ <i>VOGUE</i></b><br><br><b><i>Top of the Pops</i></b><b><i>, December 1988</i>.</b> 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.<br><br>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 extraor