The Sound Of Being Human Av Jude Rogers

<p>''Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It''s a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating'' <br><b>Ian Rankin</b><br><br>''Moving and absorbing, <i>The Sound of Being Human</i> mixes memoir, analysis, anecdote and personal chronicle into a mosaic that evokes what music means to the individual and the human tribe. A candid, beautiful read'' <br><b>Stuart Maconie</b><br><br><i>The Sound of Being Human</i> explores why music plays such a deep-rooted role in our lives from before we are born to our last days. At its heart is Jude''s own story: how songs helped her wrestle with the grief of losing her father; concoct her own sense of self; sky-rocket her relationships, both real and imagined, propel her own journey into working life, adulthood and parenthood, and look to the future.<br><br>Shaped around twelve songs, ranging from ABBA''s ''Super Trouper'' to Nen