Reckless: My Life as a Pretender - Softcover

"Heartfelt and beautifully written." --The Huffington Post

"Snaps with wit. . . . Reveals an extremely rare and brave character." --New York Daily News

"Sharp. . . . Moving. . . . Restless and emphatic." --The Wall Street Journal

"Hynde is an irresistible, unapologetic storyteller." --USA Today

"A love letter to rock 'n' roll. . . . Honest and distinctive. . . . [Reckless] gives an accurate sense of what it's like to sit down with Chrissie Hynde. . . . Acerbic, clever, confrontational." --The New York Times Book Review

"Rich and ragged. . . . Engaging. . . . [Hynde] writes just like she lives, and just like she makes music. She does it her way, which is an inimitable multiplicity of things: impulsive, untamed, ragged, proud." --The Daily Beast

"Chrissie Hynde's autobiography, Reckless, out-rocks them all." --The Washington Post

"Rebellious, fierce. . . . Full of engaging stories, dry wit and revelations." --The Guardian (London)

"Fascinating. . . . A portrait of an era." --Vogue.com

"[A] fascinating memoir." --Financial Times

"Entertaining. . . . Sarcasm and dry humor shine through. . . . One can almost hear her deep, sneering vibrato." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A stirring tale of rock, regret and redemption. . . . Unflinching. . . . Reckless is a survivor's tale, a portrait of a woman bolstered by conviction and buoyed by extreme fortitude. " --The Buffalo News

"This long-awaited memoir tells [Hynde's] life story in full and utterly fascinating detail. . . . She brings a fantastic eye for detail, a withering and sardonic sense of humor, and a fearless emotional honesty." --Library Journal