Life with My Sister Madonna
by Christopher Ciccone, Wendy Leigh
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Author: Christopher Ciccone, Wendy LeighEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-03
ISBN: 1416587632
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Gallery Books
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Book Review: This book leads to disillusionment with fame, fortune, and Madonna.
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me just say I am a Madonna fan, but lately she has done and said things that have truly disenchanted me. Hard Candy was very disappointing. Some of her actions and comments in the past year alone have turned me off even further. I couldn't quite figure out why I was starting to feel this way about someone I adore. I ended up buying the audio version of this book to get a better idea of Madonna the person.
This book does not disappoint, in fact, it's probably one of the best books ever written about Madonna. As some would like to believe, Christopher does not throw his sister under a bus, but does take her down a couple notches. He reveals how self-centered, egotistical, and controlling she can be. Christopher does not play the victim, but does let it be known that he gets sucked in by the fame and fortune.
Nevertheless, their relationship fell apart because she treated him like a servant, did not pay him what he was worth, and surrounded herself with sycophants, and she had Guy Ritchie who Ciccone made clear he disliked intensely. I think the reason why Madonna is beginning to crack, is because she has created a fantasy world, and everyone around her is afraid to tell her otherwise. She has separated herself from family; which in the end is never a good idea.
What is most disturbing about Madonna's behavior, that Christopher reveals, is that nothing is sacred when it comes to advancing her career and image. She has notoriously used people. She staged the visitation to her mother's grave during the Truth or Dare documentary. There is also strong insinuation that she half-heartedly adopted those children and is playing humanitarian to exploit and compete with Angelina Jolie. Nevertheless, with all her faults, she is still an admirable person who can be loving and caring, and does deserve all that she has earned. Christopher's book is a very well rounded view on Madonna the person.
Summary of Life with My Sister Madonna
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 back-up dancer, her personal assistant, her dresser, her decorator, her art director, her tour director. If you think you knew everything there is to know about Madonna, your 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 facade. 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.Pop Books
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