Face It: A Memoir

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Unfortunately, Debbie skimmed over some of the things I think people are most interested in knowing. For the first time Blondie’s enigmatic frontwoman breaks her silence about her turbulent journey to global fame, sex symbol status and the depths of addiction and bankruptcy. I feel like I never really got to know Debbie Harry at all, having just read an entire book about Debbie Harry, supposedly written by Debbie Harry.

The book also contains a lot of great pictures (not surprisingly) and artwork of her that was created by fans who send it in to Debbie.It's like she's going along remembering various events of her life that were especially significant, or indeed rather hairy and shocking, filling in with relevant background details in a very open and honest way.

If you have the Making Tracks book from 1982 or the Cathy Che books on her you know the majority of her story and still you never quite get a grasp of who she really is as a person Person. Noting Bowie’s generously proportioned appendage, she is moved to wonder “why Iggy didn’t let me have a closer look at his dick”. If you can answer one or some of them yes, you may enjoy this book, but you may find some parts uninteresting. A character - a friend to many famous people, a drug user and part time pot seller (that did not get as much of attention as you'd think) and a abuse survivor.

The music, which merged punk rock with pop sensibilities, is only part of the picture; having been awarded the title “best-looking girl” in her school yearbook, Harry knew the value of her attractiveness early on, and later created an industry around her image. A photo of her with him could not be missing and she is beautiful, even if it is not my favourite, among other splendid ones, of all the periods, even more recent. Where I think I see her natural and maybe also the happiest is when she participates in musicals: she sings and she disguises herself at the same time, the game she prefers and that she does the best, I believe . And the greatness of man lies in the fact that he thinks, the self-consciousness, which Debbie strongly perceives, the awareness of the Consciousness that I am proposing. It goes without saying, sadly, that this memoir will NOT teach you how to achieve Debbie Harry-levels of coolness, but we can't expect miracles.