NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Cher has long known only one person could take on the job of telling her story.
And she's telling it in two parts.
Dey Street Books announced Wednesday that 鈥淐her: The Memoir, Part One鈥 will come out Nov. 19, with the second volume to follow in 2025. Dey Street, a HarperCollins imprint, is promising a 鈥渢rue story, in intimate detail,鈥 starting with her 鈥渙ften-chaotic鈥 childhood and famed and troubled partnership with Sonny Bono.
鈥淲ith her trademark honesty and humor, 鈥楥her: The Memoir鈥 traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century,鈥 the publisher's announcement reads in part. 鈥'Cher: The Memoir, Part One' follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono 鈥 and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.鈥
Cher, 78, is the only woman to top the Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, her hits including 鈥淒ark Lady,鈥 鈥淏elieve鈥 and 鈥淒J Play a Christmas Song.鈥 She won an Oscar for her starring role in 鈥淢oonstruck鈥 and has received numerous other honors, including membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Associated Press