Breaking Glass Barefoot - the autobigraphy - Hardcover

Hazel O'Connor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908724056 ISBN 13: 9781908724052

Publisher: Wymer Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Hazel O’Connor has loved and been loved, but her generosity and spirit of adventure have often come back to bite her. She would not have it any other way. This is a story not just of the music business, its intense joys and spectacular lows: it is the story of a beautiful teenage runaway, a soldier’s daughter who fought her own battles and those of people she cared for. Hazel’s early years were a mixture of adventure and tragedy: performing in a dance troupe in Japan and Beirut (escaping after the first bombs fell during the war), as well as travels through Africa: A time of mixed blessings as Hazel experienced rape and abortion. By the mid seventies Hazel was trying to find her way in an ever-changing musical environment, hanging out with the likes of Mick Jones of The Clash, and Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols. As one decade segued into another Hazel was suddenly plucked from obscurity to not only star in the 1980 film Breaking Glass but to also compose all the songs, including the hits “Eighth Day” and “Will You.” ‘I was twenty-one and I felt like my whole life was behind me.’ But nothing could be further from the truth. Hazel’s career has been a roller coaster ride including fascinating friendships, and relationships with Hugh Cornwell, and Midge Ure. Her career as both a musician and actress through the past thirty years has also involved encounters with David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Duran Duran, Jesse Birdsall and Neil Morrissey, a young Louis Walsh, Bob Geldof and Elton John amongst others. The press even described her as George Michael’s girlfriend! After a failed marriage where she lived in Los Angeles, Hazel now divides her time between Ireland and France whilst still delighting audiences and touring extensively throughout Europe. Breaking Glass Barefoot, her first, full autobiography captures all the ups and downs of a life of adventure and trauma, sadness and celebrity, which speak to anyone who has ever followed their heart.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wymer Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908724056
• ISBN 13: 9781908724052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244