No Images? Click here Tracey's new memoir, Another Planet is published in hardback on Feb 7. Pre-order now and see her live on tour in conversation.In a 1970s commuter town, Tracey Thorn's teenage life was forged from what failed to happen. Her diaries were packed with entries about not buying things, not going to the disco, the school coach not arriving. Before she became an acclaimed musician and writer, Tracey Thorn was a typical teenager: bored and cynical, despairing of her aspirational parents. Her only comfort came from house parties, Meaningful Conversations and the female pop icons who hinted at a new kind of living. Returning more than three decades later to Brookmans Park, scene of her childhood, Thorn takes us beyond the bus shelters and pub car parks, the utopian cul-de-sacs, the train to Potters Bar and the weekly discos, to the parents who wanted so much for their children, the children who wanted none of it. With endearing wit and great insight, Thorn reconsiders the Green Belt post-war dream so many artists have mocked, and yet so many artists have come from. Pre-order the UK hardback edition of Another Planet now from either Amazon, Waterstones (signed edition), Waterstones (unsigned edition), Hive, Foyles or your local independent bookshop (limited signed editions). Please note, a US edition will be published by Canongate on April 2. See Tracey live on her UK book tour Starts Feb 3. Includes appearances with Jeanette Winterson and Viv Albertine. See dates and get tickets. 'What a wise and funny book. Nostalgic but unsentimental, Thorn beautifully captures the aspirations, ennui and angst of suburban teenage life. I loved it' David Nicholls 'I adored this. Wise, tender, beautifully observed, deadly funny. A Green Belt memoir classic' Max Porter 'A book that dazzles with a quiet rebellion, resilience and hope' Elif Shafak |