But professional success did not bringpersonal fulfillment.
Cher describes Bono as controlling in the book, writing that she began to feel trapped in their marriage.
I saw how easy it would be to step over the edge and simply disappear.
Cher at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
For a few crazy minutes I couldnt imagine any other option.
I did this five or six times.
Cher also said her experience in Vegas led her to a particularly important realization.
I dont have to jump off, she wrote.
I can just leave him.
Chers new memoir succinctly titledCher, The Memoir: Part One arrives today, Nov. 19.
The book covers her early life as Cherilyn Sarkisian through her rise to fame and relationship with Bono.
Part two of the memoir is expected to be published next year.
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