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Didn't We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston
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An up-close and intimate journey through Whitney Houston's incredible ascent to stardom and her tragic fall from graceDidn't We Almost Have It All is a portrait of the woman behind one of the most famous voices in the world; a performer whose struggles and insecurities with race, sexuality, addiction, identity, abuse, faith, and class ultimately contributed to a heartbreaking demise that was devastating and inevitable in equal measure. Whitney Houston's story is a cautionary tale about the perils of fame and addiction, but it's also a story rife with emotions that are universal to the human experience. She lived much of her life trying to please others—her parents, her family, her mentor Clive Davis, the public—all people who made her a prisoner to her successes and failures in the last decade of her life. This groundbreaking new biography is centered around firsthand reporting that weaves together the story of a rising star and, for the first time, digs into the dark underbelly of the abuse, addiction, and anxiety that caused Houston's very public fall from grace and ultimately her death.
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"This is a must-read for fans."
"a collection of unsparing, deeply personal essays on the singer's life and career ..."
"Instead, he seeks to understand Houston's struggles as evidence of a woman who shouldered an enormous burden—not just as a pop icon, but as a deeply devout queer Black artist forced to inhabit an unforgiving premade identity."
"Even so, Kennedy's winning argument invites readers to focus on Houston's triumphs: the ceilings she broke and the pathways she paved."
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