She's a singer, comedian, Academy Award-winning actress, and one of America's most popular and enduring stars. She's "a funny, gutsy woman" who is "genuine" and "down to earth" (The New York Times). She is Cher.

As part of the singing duo "Sonny and Cher," she was noted for her offbeat beauty.

As a star of television's The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, she blossomed into one of America's most glamorous women. She went on to prove herself as an actress while maintaining her singing career and raising two children. Now, in the book The First Time, Cher allows readers a view of some hilarious, tragic, and shocking moments as she recalls:

<UL TYPE=DISC> <LI>First memories of her mother <LI>First bra <LI>First kiss <LI>First bad boy (Gregg Allman) <LI>First time she learned her daughter was gay <LI>First eulogy (for Sonny)</UL>

Told in Cher's inimitable way, with dozens of photographs, most from her own albums, The First Time is a frank, funny, surprising, outrageous, sometimes sad, and always boldly honest depiction of a woman as irrespressible as she is impossible to resist.