Why Marianne Faithfull Matters

A remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist.

''Through this deeply personal take, the real significance of Faithfull as an irrepressible female icon shines through.''
SHINDIG

''Excellent . . . Pearson deserves the widest possible audience.''
POPMATTERS

First as a doe-eyed ing¿e with ¿As Tears Go By¿, then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-less icon, Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of rock ¿n¿ roll to chart a career spanning five decades and multiple detours.

Why, then, was Faithfull absent from the male-dominated history of the British Invasion?

Putting memoir on equal footing with biographical accounts, historian Tanya Pearson writes about Faithfull as an avid fan, recovered addict and queer mu