Life with My Sister Madonna

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'Life with My Sister Madonna is written by someone who was there… nobody else had this level of access to the Material Girl… this is the best book ever written about Madonna’ Sunday Times 20/7
'If anyone knows Madonna, it’s her brother Christopher. From the early days as her backing dancer to falling out with her over her relationship with Guy Ritchie, this explosive account of Chris’ superstar sister’s life is the must-read of the summer’ 5 Stars, OK Magazine 26/7
‘It’s the unputdownable book of the summer and sure to enrage the Material Girl’ Closer 26/7
‘Compelling’
4 Stars, Heat 9/8
‘It is no surprise to learn that Madonna’s brother thinks she’s a total monster. As Christopher Ciccone laments in Life With My Sister Madonna..the more he or anyone has tried to be adoring and to connect, the more they’ll get rebuffed and humiliated by “the real queen of the universe”’
Express 28/11
Music bestsellers for 2008
The Sunday Times 7/12
‘Unputdownable’
London Lite 16/12

Présentation de l'éditeur

Madonna up close, by the brother who knows her better than anyone. Christopher Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his forty-seven years of growing up with, working with, and understanding the most famous woman of our time, who has intrigued, scandalized, and entertained millions for half a century. Through most of the iconic star's kaleidoscopic career, Christopher played an important role in her life: as her backup dancer, her personal assistant, her dresser, her decorator, her art director, her tour director. If you think you know everything there is to know about Madonna, you are wrong. Only Christopher can tell the full scale, riveting untold story behind Madonna's carefully constructed mythology, and the real woman behind the glittering façade. From their shared Michigan childhood, which Madonna transcended, then whisked Christopher to Manhattan with her in the early eighties, where he slept on her roach-infested floor and danced with her in clubs all over town -- Christopher was with her every step of the way, experiencing her first hand in all her incarnations. The spoiled daddy's girl, the punk drummer, the raunchy Boy Toy, Material Girl, Mrs. Sean Penn, Warren Beatty's glamorous Hollywood paramour, loving mother, Mrs. Guy Ritchie, English grande dame -- Christopher witnessed and understood all of them, as his own life was inexorably entwined with that of his chameleon sister. He tangled with a cast of characters from artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, to Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss, Demi Moore, and, of course, Guy Ritchie, whose advent in Madonna's life splintered the loving relationship Christopher once had with her. The mirror image of his legendary sister, with his acid Ciccone tongue, Christopher pulls no punches as he tells his astonishing story. Life with My Sister Madonna is the juicy, can't-put-it-down story you've always wanted to hear, as told by Madonna's younger brother.