According to Dailymail.co.uk, AC/DC singer Bon Scott’s wife of two years and lifelong friend Irene Thornton is about to release a tell-all book on their tumultuous time together, based on 15 never-before published letters by the rocker.

In My Bon Scott, Thornton writes: On the night of May 3, 1974, he sped off on in a drunken rage and was flung from his motorbike. He very nearly died, and spent almost a month in hospital, but Irene says after the accident “his voice didn't sound the same. Bon was a risk-taker; it was just his nature,” she wrote.

“Whether it was booze or drugs or motorbikes, or anything else that took his fancy. Well I did feel that after he had the neck injury and broken collarbone and a cut in his throat, his voice didn’t sound the same,” Irene revealed. “He didn’t seem to be able to do the same thing - he was doing a lot of melodic singing before, had a beautiful tone in his voice but I don’t think that (tone) was the voice he ended up with or that what he had (before) was the AC/DC voice everyone knows.”

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My Bon Scott will be released this week by Pan Macmillan Australia. A description reads as follows:

In 1971 Adelaide girl Irene Thornton meets Bon Scott, the singer for local band Fraternity. He is a larrikin showman with a smile that rules the world. Between Bon and Irene, there is a unique spark; they marry in 1972. For the next few years, with Irene by his side, Bon Scott continues a driven but difficult journey towards AC/DC and rock 'n' roll fame.

Irene gives us the scene without the airbrushing: the bitter winters in London with Fraternity, the drinking and drugs, the group living and frayed tempers, and the broken dreams and inner demons. But she also shares details of her incredible bond with this extraordinary man, watching Bon create and perform the music that put him and AC/DC on the world stage.

This is a moving account of an artist at the height of his powers, and an intimate view of the lows that ended tragically in Bon's early death. It is a tale of loss, but also a reminder of Bon Scott's dazzling talent, unmatched energy and fearless determination to live his dreams - rare gifts he gave the world of rock.