Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PRAISE FOR WHY SINÉAD O’CONNOR MATTERS iii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. Prologue 1
5. Framing 11
6. Take 1 19
7. The Lion and the Cobra 31
8. As Seen on MTV 43
9. Rock-’n’-Roll Cassandra 53
10. SPINning Sinéad 67
11. She’ll Talk but You Won’t Listen 75
12. The Takedown 83
13. Is She Not Your Girl? 97
14. This Means War 103
15. We Do Not Want What She Has Got 117
16. Wrecking Ball 137
17. Things Need to Change 151
18. We Need to Talk about Prince 159
19. Hurt People Hurt 169
20. Truthful Witness 177
21. Epilogue 187
22. Acknowledgments 193
23. Notes 195