Born to Run

Born to Run

The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: €œGlorious€¦a philosophically rich ramble through a rock €n roll life€¦It€s the lyric he was born to write€ (<i>USA TODAY</i>, 4 out of 4 stars).<br><br>Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is €œan utterly unique, endlessly exhilarating, last-chance-power-drive of a memoir€ (<i>Rolling Stone</i>) that offers the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.<br> <br>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 €œThe Big Bang€: seeing Elvis Presley€s debut on <i>The Ed Sullivan Show</i>. 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.<br> <br>Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (€œThunder Road,€ €œBadlands,€ €œDarkness on the Edge of Town,€ €œThe River€ €œBorn in the U.S.A,€ €œThe Rising,€ and €œThe 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.<br> <br>€œBoth 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€ (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>), <i>Born to Run</i> is much more than a legendary rock star€s memoir. This book is a €œa 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).