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A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World
Thomas Nelson
September 2008
On Sale: September 16, 2008
272 pages ISBN: 1595551565 EAN: 9781595551566 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
We all want our children to succeed. What happens when they do? Britney 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. Instant wealth and fame, a family in trouble, Britney's
meltdown, Jamie Lynn's pregnancy, the ongoing struggle for
healing, hope, and redemption-you won't get the real story
from the tabloids, the TV magazines, the blogs, or the fan
sites. It all started out so simply: Talent shows and auditions for
the Mickey Mouse Club. But when Britney's ship came in, it
hit harbor with the blast of a hurricane and blew through
the already-tense lives of parents Lynne and Jamie and their
other children, Bryan and Jamie Lynn. In 1999, while her parents filed for bankruptcy, Britney's
first hit "Hit Me Baby One More Time" debuted at #1 on
Billboard. Within a year, Britney won four Billboard Music
Awards including Female Artist of the Year. In 2002, Britney
Spears was chosen by Forbes magazine as one of the 100 Most
Powerful People in Hollywood. As a middle-class family in a small southern town (Kentwood,
Louisiana; population 2,205), the Spears were unprepared for
the pressures sudden celebrity and success would bring-the
unending media scrutiny, the stalkers, the plague of the
paparazzi. "Britney's fame came around the corner zooming at
us all at 200 miles per hour," says Lynne. As the business got bigger and enveloped more of Britney's
life, Lynne lost control of her daughter as she and the
family gave up more and more of their lives to help fulfill
her dream. Lynne even gave up her beloved job as an
elementary teacher. "We had no idea that one day soon the
more money she made, the less influence we would have over
our own child." Pilloried in the public eye as a shameless self-promoter and
stereotypical "stage mom" to the tenth power, Lynne had twin
crosses to bear: Not only was she vilified in the press, but
the media was also putting her children under a microscope.
Trouble is that the media got it wrong. Through the Storm takes readers beyond the reach of the
paparazzi and 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 meltdown; 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."
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