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"Packed with intimate details that may surprise even her most dedicated fans." --EW.com
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Born Eilleen Regina Edwards in 1965 in rural Canada, Shania Twain has lived a life rife with triumph and tragedy. Aged two, her parents had divorced, and by early childhood, her family of seven was often without food, at times living in a filthy one bedroom apartment. Her stepfather's abuse forced her mother to move with five children into a homeless shelter, and when she wasn't working in McDonald's to support her family, she was out chopping wood. But when her mother and stepfather were tragically killed in an automobile accident when she was 22, Shania knew that the only way to lift her family out of poverty was to use her singing talent and become a full-time performer. At an age when most young people have only themselves to think about, Shania moved her entire family to a nearby resort where she began performing, supporting her brothers and sisters. Shania takes the reader back to these pivotal moments of her hardscrabble childhood, revealing in stark detail the difficulties she and her family faced. Shania writes of being discovered her time performing in Nashville and her sudden, dramatic rise to stardom. Shania will spare no details about her recent personal struggles and heartbreaks subjects about which she's never spoken publicly. This remarkable book is the story of a brave, honest, and genuine woman who faced odds and downfalls most people never experience, yet has succeeded beyond anyone's expectations.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Shania is one of the most successful singers of all time and she had a hard life......found happiness with Mutt lange who then betrayed her. I always feel with a good autobiogrpahy, you should feel you know more about the author after reading the book. She has alwsy struck me as a genuine and sincere person who cared. After reading the book, that feeling is reinforced. She had a hard childhood, had to grow up before her time to take care of her siblings, got married and was almost detroyed by her husband's betrayal. This book is brutal and raw at time, honest throughout. I feel I know her better than I did before and she is someone who I would like to meet. This is not a sensationalist account to sell books......or a star without a story to tell (so many of thsoe) ...this is an honest account of someone with a real story to tell. Whether you like Shania or not, whether you like country music or not, this book is well worth a read. Highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Im a big Shania Twain fan so had to get this book. I have only had it a day or so and already I have read the frist three chapters.
Its a great book about Shanias early life and her famliy and how she became a music star and then got married.
Its even better as the book was written by her unlike other books that pepole have wrote about her.
If you really want to know about Shania Twain and her life I would get this book and have a read.
Its a great book about Shanias early life and her famliy and how she became a music star and then got married.
Its even better as the book was written by her unlike other books that pepole have wrote about her.
If you really want to know about Shania Twain and her life I would get this book and have a read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having always enjoyed Shania Twain's music I looked forward to reading this book and I am was not disappointed. Often you read books of this type and feel there are gaps and you have questions for the author. Not in this case. She gives an honest and sometimes brutal account of her life. She is able too to set her story in context. It would have been easy to blame folk for what happened in her family yet she goes to great lenghts to explain the pressures and stresses people were under. We know she made a success of her music but it is interesting to read of the journey she made to become a star. It must not have been easy to revisit much of her life and to write it down but I am glad she had the courage to do so and hope we will soon be buying more of her wonderful music.
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A little disappointing.
Having seen Oprah Winfry review this book, I was looking forward
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Published 1 month ago by cph
BRILLIANT!
First of all I am a huge fan of Shania Twain, she is quite literally one of the most inspirational women out their. I am only 16, and she had really captured me in her book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by OliviaSellars
Loved it
I was never a Shania Twain before reading this book. Yes, sure, I really like a couple of her hits but it was her heartbreaking story (the affair between her husband and her... Read more
Published 7 months ago by D. Tabacof
A very interesting book, highly recommended
I have been a big fan of Shania since I heard the song 'that don't impress me much' back in 1999 and I started following her music from then, so it was only natural I was very... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Aquarelle
Shania twain
I have just finished this wonderful book. I have read loads of books about Shania and this was the best. Yes she had a tough life and found her very honest about it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. J. Clarke
Just as good as her music!
I am really enjoying Shania's book. It is easily just as good as her music and I am hooked! It is very moving in places as well as very entertaining in others! Read more
Published 11 months ago by T. M. Perkins
Moans, moans, moans!
Let me start off by saying that I am Shania's biggest fan. I love her music, I love watching her live and on videos, and I even like listening to her in interviews (although... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Artdecoboy
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