{"product_id":"sinead-oconnors-universal-mother-by-adele-bertei-9798765106914","title":"Sinead O’Connor's Universal Mother","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eUniversal Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, Sinead O’Connor explores childhood trauma and her experiences as a woman, mother, target of scorn, and ultimate phoenix.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReleased in the winter of 1994, \u003ci\u003eUniversal Mother\u003c\/i\u003e was the first recorded work from O’Connor since her duo of protests in 1992 (\u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e, Madison Square Garden). The sadistic blowback she faced for publicly outing the child abuse of the Catholic Church and its cover-up would have destroyed most. Where Sinead might go next, or if she’d ever record again, was the question. It’s a testament to her integrity and extraordinary courage that she was able to resurrect with this extraordinary album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe album takes us on a deeply personal, yet universal journey of womanhood, from the archetypal bad mother to the good and the kind. A feminist statement from Germaine Greer sets the tone, followed by O’Connor letting loose a storm of rage against her abusive mother in “Fire on Babylon”—a salvo so explosive, it need not be repeated. Other than a song called “Red Football” and a call-out of the truth behind the Irish potato famine, O’Connor is not interested in rage or revenge. With \u003ci\u003eUniversal Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, she offers us a tender, evocative collection of grief and empathy in song. Her miraculous voice is the vessel—the broken, sacred voice of Mother Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362985951468,"sku":"9798765106914","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8997633488869.jpg?v=1772909650","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sinead-oconnors-universal-mother-by-adele-bertei-9798765106914","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}