{"id":119348,"date":"2025-02-27T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/27\/lionel-richies-memoir-now-has-a-title\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:01:29","slug":"lionel-richies-memoir-now-has-a-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/27\/lionel-richies-memoir-now-has-a-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Richie&#8217;s memoir now has a title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-27\/M_LionelRichieTruly_022725.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Harper One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lionel Richie<\/strong>&#8216;s memoir, which he first announced last year, now has a title: <em>Truly<\/em>, named after his 1982 debut solo single.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/truly-lionel-richie?variant=43214322696226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/truly-lionel-richie?variant=43214322696226\">memoir<\/a>, due out Sept. 30, is described by publisher Harper One as &#8220;intimate&#8221; and &#8220;deeply candid,&#8221; detailing &#8220;turbulence, loss, and near-calamity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0book is a &#8220;no-holds-barred&#8221; telling of Lionel&#8217;s story, from his childhood in Alabama, to his success with <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Commodores<\/strong>, to his solo superstardom, all the way up to his present gig as a judge on <em>American Idol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The book also covers Lionel&#8217;s struggle with ADHD, his two divorces and a serious vocal cord injury that nearly ended his career.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/lionelrichie.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/lionelrichie.com\/book\/\">preorder the book<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harper One Lionel Richie&#8216;s memoir, which he first announced last year, now has a title: Truly, named after his 1982 debut solo single. The memoir, due out Sept. 30, is described by publisher Harper One as &#8220;intimate&#8221; and &#8220;deeply candid,&#8221; detailing &#8220;turbulence, loss, and near-calamity.&#8221; The\u00a0book is a &#8220;no-holds-barred&#8221; telling<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/02\/27\/lionel-richies-memoir-now-has-a-title\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,429],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}