Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 13 hours and 8 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Prospero Media
Audible.com Release Date: October 6, 2014
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B00O7ZV9TU
Best Sellers Rank: #127 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Dance #302 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Soul #340 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Biographies > Rhythm & Blues
Once again Mr. Parish brings the subject into focus as only he can do. As a certified Whitney lover,he did not disappoint me.He gives the reader snippets that only he takes the time to ferret out. I learned a few things that I DID NOT KNOW, also I never know if he likes or hates his subject, he is fair but does not hide the warts. This was a fast read, and so engrossing I had a hard time NOT reading cover to cover(good things need to be savored)!! I highly recommend this book.
This is a detailed account of whitney's life, and provides info that i didn't know about, esp her early years, relationship with her mother, and the Drinkards - Cissy's family. It also goes into the making of her albums. It doesn't just talk about the bodyguard, it also has info on waiting to exhale and the preachers wife. You get a sense of who she was, the good and the bad. it's a serious and well done book, it doesn't read like he got his info from the tabloids, he actually went out and did the research himself. i enjoyed reading this very much, and recommend it.
I really loved this book because it let me see the real Whitney and just not the Whitney we see on stage. She loved God so much but the world wanted to change Whitney into who they wanted her to be and she was not happy. Her life was her child, and in this book it shows where she never grew up from the child within her. The book show her heart which was big and genereous, she had no fear in help rising and and upcoming young singers like herself. She was not selfish with her money or her guidness. After reading this book I still see Whiney as a little girl that never had a chance to grow up and find herself as a person. I lived through other people that depended on her for their very survival and she felt obligated to them. She did a lot of charity work behind the secene and helped in ways that was much needed. After reading this book I loved Whitney even more than I did when she was living. Her legancy will never die. She will always be remembered
I have read several books most are very close in information not a lot of new information. Whitney was very gifted and just wanted real love. In this book and the others I have read I get a little more that I didnt know but all comes back to I wish she knew how much she is missed now.
Of several I've read on Whitney Houston, this biography is the most thoroughly researched and well-written and the photos selected for inclusion adequately depict the various stages of her life and career. Great book!
A very easy read. Not a lot of new information not previously reported. An interesting early history lesson of Whitney's parents and Dionne Warwick, and how they influenced her career. A life cut way too short by drug addiction...a pattern all too familiar.
A lot of things mentioned in the book, where already in the news and tabloid. I didn't know about her family much prior to her fame, so for that it was helpful to me.
Do not waste your money! Worst "book" I ever read! No insider knowledge, no gathering of interviews or evidence, just a rehash of headlines & no investigative journalism whatsoever! Do not buy this book, you will be thoroughly disappointed! This author is not a journalist or anything close to being a writer!!
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