Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

Bono, the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, is also an artist and an activist. He has written a memoir titled Surrender, which is both candid and irreverent, personal and profound. It tells the tale of the extraordinary life he has led, the difficulties he has faced, and the friends and family who have helped to mold and sustain him.

Bonos work has received a great deal of attention because he is one of the most recognizable musicians and the cofounder of the charities ONE and (RED). Now, for the first time, Bono picks up the pen in Surrender and writes about his incredible life and the people he has shared it with. From his early years growing up in Dublin, where he experienced the unexpected death of his mother when he was fourteen, to U2s unlikely rise to become one of the most influential rock bands in history, to his more than twenty years of activism devoted to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty, Bono tells his story in his distinctive voice.