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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 782.42166092 EAN: 9781416587620 ISBN: 1416587624 Label: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: July 14, 2008 Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Release Date: July 14, 2008 Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Sprinkle the people you love with...sort of...loveThe quote on the back jacket of this books feels true: you can't understand Madonna without understanding her brother Christopher. He proves it with this book, the first thing I've ever read about Madonna that makes her seem like a true, flesh-and-blood human being. She should be grateful to Christopher for many things, but particularly this one: he helped us see her as a real woman, warts and all. Horrible! she would probably respond. However, I can identify so much more with her because of this ... Read More Rating:  - Good Read but PredictableIt's a very good read but I don't think I can say I learned anything new besides Madonna's relationship with different family members which were NOT surprising in the least. I think this book pretty much confirms the assumptions that have always been made by the public about Madonna and her character and how she pretty much stepped on people (and slept with a few) to make it to the top. You can definitely feel the resentment and anger that her brother has but he does commend her drive, ... Read More Rating: - Accurate description of siblingsI encountered Madonna in 1978 at U of M and I knew then and there that she was either crazy or on her way to stardom. I never spoke to her (I was much younger and was looking at the school) - she certainly made sure she was the center of any attention when I saw her. What I find fascinating about this book is the basic sibling relationship. Did he live through his sister? Sure he did. Did she use her control over him? Sure she did. Can anyone with a dynamic family see themselves ... Read More Rating:  - Boring.This book was a snore. I was hoping to read a little insight into Madonna's career during the mid-eighties, but that portion only spanned a page or two. This double spaced book reads like a memo or just notes of a book, with only a few details on the things you would really want to know. "The tour was a success. She sold XX albums. She flew to ___. Then she came out with the song___. It sold XX albums. I dressed her for the next tour." etc. etc. and then follows up with pages of whining. Madonna's ... Read More Rating: - Sad Sibling StoryYes, Christopher partied and helped Madonna along in her career, but like other reviews said....Madonna changed...she started having a family and children...and wanted a stable home life with a husband too. That puts your life in a whole different world. Christopher could not relate to that. He wanted things to be like old times. Yes, Madonna has a big ego, etc., etc., but she was done with the whole partying thing, and I think that's fine. Christopher needs to move on. 
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