Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World
 | By Lynne Spears, Lorilee Craker Thomas Nelson, 2008, Kindle Edition Customer Rating: 83 reviews Recommend |
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We all want our children to succeed. What happens when they do?
Britney Spears wanted to sing ever since she was a little girl. But the years of sacrifices, auditions, performances, albums, fame, and paparazzi left the little Louisiana family swept up and spun around, and nothing turned out the way anyone ever imagined or wanted. Now Lynne shares the inside story of the Spears family as only a mother can.
Through the Storm takes readers outside the narrow orbit of the Hollywood glitterati. Lynne shares how fame forever changed their family; her regrets letting managers, agents, and record companies direct the lives of her children; the challenges that shaped Lynne and Jamie's failed marriage and how they affected Bryan, Britney, and Jamie Lynn; the startling events that led to Britney's breakdown; the aftermath of Jamie Lynn's pregnancy; and how the family has tried pulling together to recapture a sense of hope and purpose.
Through the Storm, says Lynne, is "the story of one simple Southern woman whose family got caught in a tornado called fame, and who is still trying to sort through the debris scattered all over her life in the aftermath. It's who I am, warts and all, with some true confessions that took a long time to get up the nerve to discuss."
Title: Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World
Sales Rank: 1095 in Books
Author: Lynne Spears, Lorilee Craker
Publisher: Thomas Nelson, 2008-09-16, Kindle Edition, 272 pages
- A Stormy Life for Sure
- I just finished reading "Through the Storm---A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World" by Lynn Spears. Lynn is the mother of Brian, Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears. I must say it was a very interesting read and was one which opened my eyes to the `real' world of the entertainment business in our country.
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- For the busy parent
- I admit that at first I was unsure if I wanted to review this book. I'm not one to get caught up in all the silliness and absurdity that grows out of our societies unhealthy obsession with all things celebrity. But I would have to be either dead or extremely oblivious to not have at least heard of Lynne Spears.
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