# Born to Run - Springsteen autobiography

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**Created:** [October 3, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-to-run-springsteen-autobiography/767599 "2016-10-03T21:56:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-to-run-springsteen-autobiography/767599/1 "2016-10-03T21:56:15Z")

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I’m a lifelong Springsteen fan and I pre-ordered his new autobiography. I am about 5 chapters in and really enjoying it. Some of the things that I like so far:

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[li]Reading it in my head in his voice. If you’ve seen him interviewed a few times it’s not hard to do.[/li][li]Subtle references to his songs peppered through the descriptions of his early life. [/li][li]The honesty about his family’s (especially his father) struggles with mental illness.[/li][li]The revelation that “The River” was written about his sister (this may be already well-known, but not by me)[/li][/ul]

So far it seems to be a brutally honest account; but told with the confidence of a man who has come to grips with his past.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-to-run-springsteen-autobiography/767599/2 "2016-10-03T23:33:09Z")

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Good to hear. I’ve downloaded it onto my Kindle but haven’t had a chance to start it yet.

The companion CD is kinda neat, too.