In 2023's Straight from the Heart, the Welsh singer wrote about her personal life, fame and the vocal cord surgery that resulted in her signature raspy sound.
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Three years before Bonnie Tyler died, the singer-songwriter released her autobiography, Straight from the Heart, chronicling her upbringing as a shy girl in a Welsh mining village who quickly rose to international fame, while detailing the moment she changed her voice — and life — forever.
The stories are compiled in a 240-page memoir released by Coronet Books in 2023. A hardcover version of the book is available now on Amazon, with a paperback edition scheduled to be released on July 21. It appears as though the paperback release date had been set for some time, now made more poignant in light of the singer’s death.
