Amy Amy Amy: The Amy Winehouse Story
by Nick Johnstone
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Author: Nick JohnstoneEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-01
ISBN: 0825636027
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Omnibus Press
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Book Review: Tabloid Rehash
Summary: 2 Stars
Like another recent "biography" of Amy WInehouse, this book suffers from being a hastily compiled rehashing of tabloid stories. The one section that gives us a little insight into Amy as a musician is a chapter in which the author quotes several people who worked with the singer on her first album. Unfortunately, the book also contains a lot of filler: endless descriptions of the tube station in Amy's childhood neighborhood and other useless trivia. The author was denied interviews with Winehouse and her close associates, and this severely limits the scope of the book. The story ends around December 2007, so it's already out of date--one of the perils of trying to write a book-length biography of a 24-year-old. Skip the book and listen to Amy's albums. Despite her well-publicized troubles, the woman can sing.
Summary of Amy Amy Amy: The Amy Winehouse Story
Author Nick Johnstone unravels the life and career of one of Britain's most brillian and troubled stars. Amy Amy Amy tracks Winehouse's erratic journey to fame from her North London Jewish family home via three schools to discovery by Simon Fuller's 19 Management Ltd and a signing to Island Records at the age of 18. Johnstone details her meteoric rise to stardom, two albums catapulting her to the top even as her open use of alcohol and drugs was setting the scene for personal life plagued by excess. Her well-publicised problems with anorexia, bulimia and suspected self-harm kept her in the headlines, threatening to obscure her undiminished singing talent while her overwrought Sid 'n' Nancy-style marriage to Blake Civil-Fielder ensured continuing tabloid coverage. Amy Amy Amy redresses the imbalance, giving full measure to Winehouse's talent while offering an honest account of her multiple personal crises in this absorbing and entertaining biography of an exceptionally gifted performer.Entertainers Books
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