To Throw Away Unopened: A Memoir

"This sentence from Viv Albertine’s memoir says it all: “Sometimes you mess with the wrong middle-aged woman.” In 1976, Albertine, along with other musicians, formed one of the first all-women punk bands, The Slits. Now in middle age, she writes about sex, aging, feminism, the death of her mother, and why she’s done with relationships. “For sixty years I’ve been shaped by men’s point of view on every aspect of my life,” she says. Albertine’s writing cuts because her anger radiates truths that I, and so many women I know, can relate to."