{"product_id":"no-woman-no-cry-my-life-with-bob-marley-hardcover","title":"No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRita Marley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHettie Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best--his wife, Rita.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rita Marley grew up in the slums of Trench Town, Jamaica. Abandoned by her mother at a very young age, she was raised by her aunt. Music ran in Rita's family, and even as a child her talent for singing was pronounced. By the age of 18, Rita was an unwed mother, and it was then that she met Bob Marley at a recording studio in Trench Town. Bob and Rita became close friends, fell in love, and soon, she and her girlfriends were singing backup for the Wailers. At the ages of 21 and 19, Bob and Rita were married. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The rest is history: Bob Marley and the Wailers set Jamaica and the world on fire. But while Rita displayed blazing courage, joy, and an indisputable devotion to her husband, life with Bob was not easy. There were his liaisons with other women--some of which produced children and were conducted under Rita's roof. The press repeatedly reported that Bob was unmarried to preserve his \"image.\" But Rita kept her self-respect, and when Bob succumbed to cancer in 1981, she was at his side. In the years that followed, she became a force in her own right -- as the Bob Marley Foundation's spokesperson and a performer in her reggae group, the I-Three. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with author Hettie Jones, \u003ci\u003eNo Woman No Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is a no-holds-barred account of life with one of the most famous musicians of all time. In \u003ci\u003eNo Woman No Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will learn about the never-before-told details of Bob Marley's life, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Rita practiced subsistence farming when first married to Bob to have food for her family. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Rita rode her bicycle into town with copies of Bob's latest songs to sell. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Rita worked as a housekeeper in Delaware to help support her family when her children were young. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Rita chose to befriend some of the women with whom Bob had affairs and to give them advice on rearing the children they had with Bob. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe story of the attack on Bob which almost killed the two of them. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob's last wishes, dreams, and hopes, as well as the details of his death, such as who came to the funeral (and who didn't). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRita Marley\u003c\/strong\u003e performs with the reggae group I-Three and helps run the Bob Marley Foundation. Rita was married to Bob Marley in 1966, when she was nineteen and he was twenty-one, and she remained his wife until his death in 1981. The mother of Bob's children, she performs worldwide. She makes her home in Ghana, West Africa. \u003cstrong\u003eHettie Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet and prose writer, author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eHow I Became Hettie Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, a memoir of the Beats and of her former marriage to LeRoi Jones (now Amiri Baraka). She lives in New York City, where she teaches writing at New School University and the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 209\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.54 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191543783731,"sku":"9780786868674","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VnRrY0loTHlTMDE5RXpzQTFjc25OZz09.webp?v=1775045089","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/no-woman-no-cry-my-life-with-bob-marley-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}