Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
Photographed byCroland, David
Designed byNovak, Todd
SynopsisRebel Soul isn't so much a "follow-up" to Bebe Buell's New York Times best-selling memoir Rebel Heart, but more of an impressionistic scrapbook about becoming and being Bebe Buell, her trajectory from being a rock "It Girl" to a pop culture icon, through a collection of essays that explore what it was like to be at the center of the pop universe during a golden era, and how she invented herself as a muse and a musician. In this book, Bebe recollects, in vivid and previously unexplored detail, the people and places of her past, from her well-known romances with members of rock royalty, to her influences and friendships, her family and her career (and how they came into conflict), her reflections and observations of the cultural and sexual climate of the '70s. Twenty years after the publication of Rebel Heart, Bebe looks back from a different perspective, with candor, humor and wisdom.Some of the chapters will be portraits of the people who had a profound impact on her life, some will visit a specific place and time. It isn't a straight-forward autobiographical narrative: it's as though Bebe has taken a large box off her shelf, filled with ticket stubs, backstage passes, magazine clippings (from publications as different as CREEM and Playboy) and gig flyers, each one triggering memories of who she was at the time. The book will be illustrated with photos from Bebe's personal archives, going back to her early days as a top fashion model, through her whirlwind years in New York and Los Angeles, times spent in London, Woodstock and now Nashville, where she makes her home.