The Memoir, Part 1,' the entertainment legend looks back on her breaking point with husband Sonny Bono, revealing that after considering leaping from a hotel balcony in Las Vegas, she decided, "I can just leave him.

Cher opened up about a dark time in her early life in her new memoir. The pop icon, 78, described a time she experienced suicidal thoughts in “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” out Nov. 19. These thoughts,

I figured I’d plead insanity … Then I’d get a book deal and my own show,” Cher alleges Sonny told her after admitting to thinking about killing her.

Cher has always been supportive of her son Chaz Bono’s gender identity — and she’s making no exception in her memoir. According to The New York Times, the pop legend makes a disclaimer toward the front of Cher: The Memoir,

"Half the things are his, half the things are mine. It didn't occur to me that there was another way," the legendary singer says

Volume 1 of the singer's long-awaited life story covers roughly the period from her birth to 1980, when Cher, a twice-divorced single mother with two children, found herself at a professional crossroads.

At the time, Cher – born Cherilyn Sarkisian – was in the process of divorcing Bono and nearing the end of their star-making variety show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, which was cancelled due to their split in 1974.

Cher has claimed that her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, swindled her out of her earnings. The singer made the allegations to the New York Times, while promoting her new book, Cher: The Memoir. "He took all my money,

When Cher was married to Sonny Bono, he gave a whole new meaning to “I Got You Babe.” While the spouses maintained a singing and TV partnership, the legendary diva — whose “Cher: The Memoir” will be released on Tuesday — claims that she was duped out of her fair share of earning by her then-husband.