- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd (3 Sep 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844544567
- ISBN-13: 978-1844544561
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Eminem is the biggest music star in the world today, a rap phenomenon who's sold more than 57 million records worldwide, won nine Grammys, countless MTV awards and an Oscar for the song "Lose Yourself" taken from the soundtrack of his acclaimed debut movie "8 Mile". Since 1999, when he burst into the world's consciousness with the mega-selling "The Slim Shady LP", Eminem has revealed in outspoken detail every aspect of his tortured existence. The way he tells it in his lyrics, he's lived a life straight out of a Jerry Springer soap opera since birth. But how much of his music is inspired by the truth, and how much is poetic licence? Only one woman knows - his mother Debbie Nelson. And she says he's made up so many tales over the years that he no longer knows the difference between fact and fiction. Debbie has been spat on by fans, attacked and robbed at gunpoint on "8 Mile Road", and reviled on dozens of internet sites as the most hated mother in the world. But Debbie is still a loving mother, devoted grandmother and, she says, her son's staunchest support through a string of court appearances. And despite the lawsuits and the stinging lyrical exposures, she is still desperately seeking reconciliation with her former Mommy's boy. Debbie reveals a bitter-sweet story of a single mother who gave her son everything in an attempt to make up for his absent father and her own miserable childhood. She tells the inside truth about Marshall Bruce Mathers III, and tries to untangle the outspoken and enigmatic alter egos Eminem and "Slim Shady". It's a rocky road and Debbie does not try to conceal the facts. This is her open letter to Eminem, a loving reminder of how they once were, and an attempt to set the record straight and refute allegations of her own drug abuse and tell the real story behind some of her son's most famous lyrics. An absolute must for every Eminem fan, it reveals that there's much more to the story than his followers ever thought.
About the Author
As rap star Eminem's mother, Debbie Nelson is one of the most talked-about women in the world. Target of some of her son's most memorable rap lyrics and routinely dismissed as a bad parent, she has suffered one of the worst character assassinations in public in recent memory. Yet underneath her complexities lies a mother who remains passionate about her son and who will never cease to rebuild the special relationship they once had.
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I was 14 going on 30 when I fell in love with Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. I'd climbed a big old apple tree to escape my drunken stepfather when Bruce, as he was known, suddenly appeared. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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I was 14 going on 30 when I fell in love with Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. I'd climbed a big old apple tree to escape my drunken stepfather when Bruce, as he was known, suddenly appeared. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different to expectations,
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This review is from: My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem (Hardcover)
Before you click on the 'no' button, thinking me an Eminem hater (which I'm not) take a moment to read my review. This book is not what you would expect and was certainly not what I expected when I purchased it.
What I thought I'd get was a lame arsed apologetic for her being such a bad mother beginning with a shallow hood-winking attempt to win me over to her side before brain-washing me into believing that her son was really the devil. Fortunately, this book is, in the main, something of a love letter to her son. Eminem comes over as a genius, but also someone who has started to believe his own bull. Maybe Ms Mathers (as was) is a Machiavellian manipulater and has put on this whole act of being a caring mother, but something makes me doubt this particular theory. In fact, while reading I had a moment of clarity: even from Eminem's own words she doesn't seem that bad a person. I mean, yes: prescription drugs are bad (though better than E's) and maybe she does drink (although she claims 2 b teetotal). And the worst thing Eminem has said? That she wished he'd died in place of his uncle Ronnie, which apparently she said after he hadn't attended his funeral and for which she apologised profusely after. So, all in all, I thought this book was enlightening in showing Eminem's mother to not be the evil woman that is sometimes claimed. Yes, she may be naive and soft towards her son, but there are worse things. Maybe Eminem should bear in mind one of the suggestions on '100 things to do before you die': forgive your parents. I believe, after reading this book that she has almost certainly done the opposing corollary.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Read,
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This review is from: My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem (Hardcover)
As an Eminem fanatic i looked forward to reading this book, it is a good book and i couldn't put it down once i started but most of the story of Eminem's upbringing is pretty much about what a wonderful mother his (hated) mother was. It's hard to tell if the book is fact or fiction but it was good
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating expose!,
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This review is from: My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem (Hardcover)
Slim Shady, by his Mum. Explosive, packed with surprises. A real must for all Eminem fans.
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