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About This Book
It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that contributed to the person I am today. Though there have been countless stories about me throughout my career and very public personal life, it's been impossible to communicate the complexities and depths of my experience in any single magazine article or a ten-minute television interview. And even then, my words were filtered through someone else's lens, largely satisfying someone else's assignment to define me. This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival and my songs. Unfiltered. I went deep into my childhood and gave the scared little girl inside of me a big voice. I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say, and the betrayed and triumphant woman I became tell her side. Writing this memoir was incredibly hard, humbling and healing. My sincere hope is that you are moved to a new understanding, not only about me, but also about the resilience of the human spirit. Love, Mariah
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"Reading Carey's book helped me understand, on a deeper level, what drew me to her music and public persona."
"The stories behind her lyrics will undoubtedly create a new appreciation for her work, and readers will enjoy glimpses into the music industry that few have experienced firsthand ..."
"The Meaning of Mariah Carey feels pieced together from interviews, so it's not a work whose style you can delight in at the sentence level."
"But the book's greatest revelations are her descriptions of her own and others' artistry ..."
"The woman knows how to craft a narrative."
"With The Meaning of Mariah Carey, she proves once again that she is what she has always wanted to be: a class act."
"a rewarding insight into Carey as an artist as well as a person ..."
"This book sets in type pop music's ethos of good packaging."
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