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Born to Run

By: Bruce Springsteen
Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
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 The revealing, wildly entertaining, and bestselling memoir from the legendary Bruce Springsteen, one of the greatest songwriters and performers of any era. Born to Run is the greatest rock ‘n’ roll story ever told.

Essential reading for the 50th anniversary of Springsteen’s seminal album Born to Run, the long-awaited release of Nebraska ’82, and a companion to the acclaimed film Deliver Me from Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, about the writing and recording of Springsteen’s classic Nebraska record.

Following his 2009 Super Bowl halftime performance, Bruce Springsteen privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is “an utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir” (Rolling Stone) that offers the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.

He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work.

Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River” “Born in the USA,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

“Both an entertaining account of Springsteen’s marathon race to the top and a reminder that the one thing you can’t run away from is yourself” (Entertainment Weekly), Born to Run is much more than a legendary rock star’s memoir. This book is a “a virtuoso performance, the 508-page equivalent to one of Springsteen and the E Street Band’s famous four-hour concerts: Nothing is left onstage, and diehard fans and first-timers alike depart for home sated and yet somehow already aching for more” (NPR). Entertainment & Celebrities Music Celebrity Funny Witty Memoir Biography Mental Health Health
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Amazing story beautifully told. Bruce Springsteen gives so much from the heart and his story was told with such frank honesty. A must read.

Born to tell a Story of an Amazing Life

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16 hours flew by with poetry, self-reflection, humility, passion and humour - Bruce is a great artist and human being. It was a privilege to listen to his story.

Inspirational!

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Not only a great read for fans of the Boss and the E Street band, this may just help aspirational singer song writers know they are not on their own. Hell it might just help get them to be where they want to be, you can learn a lot from an old dog. This old dog tells you what it took, male or female you need big kahunas to make this happen and make it last a life time. I'm glad he had what it took, he has been part of my life a long long time now. Keep rocking Bruce and the whole band past and present, thank you.

What makes The Boss tick

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This quickly became one of my most favourite things I've ever read. A very heartfelt story.

just great

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The first hour or so about his childhood drags somewhat. I felt it better at 1.25x but once he grabs his guitar at 16 there is more passion and feelings in his voice and it is a pleasure.

I hope you enjoy the book as much as me.

Amazing book

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