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First as a doeeyed ingnue with As Tears Go By then as a gravelvoiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album Broken English and finally as a genreless icon Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of rock n roll to chart a career spanning five decades and multiple detours In Why Marianne Faithfull Matters Tanya Pearson crafts a feminist account that explains the musicians absence from the maledominated history of the British Invasion and champions the eclectic late career that confirmed her redemption