People You Follow: A Memoir

Musician Hayley Gene Penner's memoir "People You Follow" is a harrowingly honest look at the dark, intimate truths of the music industry, tracing her coming of age through relationships, sexual encounters, and emotional abuse. It explores the delicate boundary between ethical and unethical behavior, self-protection and self-destruction, power and weakness, and giddiness and despair.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd

Musician Hayley Gene Penner takes readers on a harrowing journey through the enigmatic and perilous world of Los Angeles' music industry in her captivating memoir. With a blend of humor, brilliance, coyness, playfulness, and wisdom, Penner delves into the dark, intimate realities that we all strive to avoid.

Like a map of beautiful mistakes, Penner's stories of questionable sexual encounters, artistic aspirations, and emotional abuse trace her coming-of-age journey in the music industry. She explores her relationships, from her childhood as the daughter of a celebrity to the destructive and coercive relationship with her boss and her encounter with an enigmatic actor who shall remain nameless.

Through a series of sharp and touching vignettes, Penner brings these relationships together, creating a tapestry of emotions and insights. People You Follow straddles the delicate boundary between ethical and unethical behavior, self-protection and self-destruction, power and weakness, giddiness and despair.

This memoir is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamt of making it in the music industry, as well as for those who are fascinated by the darker side of human relationships. Penner's raw honesty and vulnerability make her story both compelling and relatable, and her insights into the music industry's toxic culture are thought-provoking and eye-opening.

Weight: 312g
Dimension: 140 x 214 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781459747142