Celine Dion: For Keeps
by Jenna Glatzer
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Author: Jenna GlatzerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN: 0740755595
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Summary: 5 Stars
In the 25 years of Céline Dion's career a not exaggerated estimate of thirty books were written about Céline's lifestory and her rise to stardom. I've read about all of them and after you've read the first one none of them really stands out anymore. Until, the release of the latest official biography about Céline Dion "Céline Dion For Keeps" by New York author Jenna Glatzer.
The first thing you notice is the special format of the book that was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing and put together by Becker&Mayer! You'll be pleasantly surprised to see that this coffee table book, contains many of her most personal keepsakes as removable facsimiles in vellum envelopes.
Before you even get to the reading, you spend hours, literally hours looking at those keepsakes and the more than 200 pictures in full-colour and black and white. Many of them taken just like that from Céline's personal scrapbooks and photoalbums, and many of them never published or seen anywhere before except in the private environment of Céline's home.
Jenna Glatzer travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada where Céline currently performs in her extravaganza A New Day... her incredible succesful show that already had over a million visitors. Jenna sat down with Céline to talk about her career, her life and her loves husband René Angélil and their 4-year-old son René-Charles. She also interviewed the people that were key-persons in Céline's so successful career. Among them Céline's manager (and husband) René Angélil, producer David Foster and French top songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman.
From the very beginning Jenna Glatzer included Céline's biggest fans from all over the world in the process of writing this book. She asked them about their personal stories about Céline. She asked them to think of questions they'd like her to ask Céline, fans even contributed in making suggestions for the title of the book and for the cover art.
Céline's answers are more candid then ever. She talks openly not only about the the positive aspects but also about the downsides of an international career, about the fans, about the challenges and sacrifices of motherhood and her future plans.
Jenna Glatzer's style of writing is fantastic, even for me as a foreigner easy to read and to understand. It makes me feel like I am IN the story, and actually IN Céline's life. The level of personality she brings into this book is something that I am in awe about...I really feel we never were so close to Céline before. What really stands out for me are the quotations of people who where actually there when it happened...which makes us learn about the stories not only from Céline's point of view but also from the people who lived those moments with her. I also love when Jenna uses her own personal experiences to underline Céline's personal qualities that we fans have come so to value.
This book is for everybody who loves to learn more about the woman behind the voice and above all this book is for the fans, who have followed her career and who've grown to love Céline for who she really is.
Summary of Celine Dion: For Keeps
Céline Dion has long been one of the world's most admired performers. Her unique blend of brilliant talent and an unstinting willingness to share her life has defined her career in the public eye. With new interviews and special memorabilia, Céline Dion: For Keeps will invite her fans to get to know the professional and personal parts of her life as never before.
Céline Dion is a very special collection: a combination of memoir, personal scrapbook, and looking glass into one of the world's most admired lives. Drawing heavily from Céline's personal archives and those of her husband and longtime manager, René Angelil, this book focuses on the key elements of her life, including her family, career, inspirations, courtship and marriage to René, show business hiatus, son René-Charles, and plans for the future-everything that makes her who she is.
Produced in the successful and stylish format of last year's The Sinatra Treasures, each of Céline Dion's chapters will include removable facsimiles of favorite mementos, stored in vellum envelopes. Everything from Céline and René's love notes and family photos to special letters and her wedding program can be examined and admired in detail. This is a remarkable opportunity to share in the unique and vital life and career of Céline Dion.
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