"Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band
U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, and
profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's
lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who
have shaped and sustained him. "When I started to write this
book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only
sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my
life. Surrender is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing
up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically
speaking), it was not a natural concept. A word I only circled
until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling
with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage,
in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of
one pilgrim's lack of progress... with a fair a of fun along
the way." - Bono. As one of the music world's most iconic artists
and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's
career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it's
Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his
remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique
voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin,
including the sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to
U2's unlikely journey to become one of the world's most
influential rock bands, to his more than twenty years of activism
dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing
with candor, self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture
on his life, and the family, friends, and faith that have
sustained, challenged, and shaped him. Surrender's subtitle, 40
Songs, One Story, is a nod to the book's forty chapters, which
are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created forty
original drawings for Surrender, which will appear throughout the
book."--
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - Bono--artist, activist, and the lead
singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and
irreverent, and profound, Surrender is the story of the
remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the
friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. - A VOGUE
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
"Surrender soars whenever the spotlight comes on. Bono is never
more powerful, on the page or the stage, than when he strives for
the transcendence that only music can offer...[Bono] is open and
honest, with language that can be witty and distinctive,
addressing his competitive relationship with his her or
growing up against the backdrop of Ireland's political violence."
--The New York Times
"When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in
detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The people,
places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word
freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the
seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a
natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my
thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most
humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith,
in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one
pilgrim's lack of progress ... With a fair a of fun along
the way." --Bono
As one of the music world's most iconic artists and the
cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's career has
been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it's Bono who
picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable
life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono
takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the
sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2's unlikely
journey to become one of the world's most influential rock bands,
to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight
against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor,
self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his
life--and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained,
challenged, and shaped him.
Surrender's subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the
book's forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono
has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which
appear throughout the book. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER •
Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band
U2—has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, and
profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s
lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the friends and family who
have shaped and sustained him. • A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Surrender soars whenever the spotlight comes on. Bono is never
more powerful, on the page or the stage, than when he strives for
the transcendence that only music can offer...[Bono] is open and
honest, with language that can be witty and distinctive,
addressing his competitive relationship with his her or
growing up against the backdrop of Ireland’s political violence.”
—The New York Times
“When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in
detail what I’d previously only sketched in songs. The people,
places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word
freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the
seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a
natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my
thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most
humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith,
in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one
pilgrim’s lack of progress ... With a fair a of fun along
the way.” —Bono
As one of the music world’s most iconic artists and the
cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono’s career has
been written about extensively. But in Surrender, it’s Bono who
picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable
life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono
takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the
sudden loss of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2’s unlikely
journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands,
to his more than twenty years of activism dedicated to the fight
against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candor,
self-reflection, and humor, Bono opens the aperture on his
life—and the family, friends, and faith that have sustained,
challenged, and shaped him.
Surrender’s subtitle, 40 Songs, One Story, is a nod to the
book’s forty chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono
has also created forty original drawings for Surrender, which
appear throughout the book.
