Loving Amy: A Mother's StoryMacmillan, 12 ene 2016 - 304 páginas “Amy was one of those rare people who made an impact . . . She was a bundle of emotions, at times adorable and at times unbearable. . . . Amy’s passing did not follow a clear line. It was jumbled, and her life was unfinished—not life’s natural order at all. She left no answers, only questions, and in the years since her death I’ve found myself trying to make sense of the frayed ends of her extraordinary existence.” |
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... later, just so I can carry on. Telling the story of my life with Amy was first mooted back in 2007 when I was approached by a literary agent and asked whether I would consider writing a book. I wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea ...
... later, when Alex was studying for his Bar Mitzvah, I recorded him rehearsing the passages from the Jewish bible, the Torah, that he had to read aloud on his big day. Unsurprisingly, on the same cassette is an eight-year-old Amy ...
... later years he put himself at the centre of the family. I'll never forget the wall in his house which he called his 'hall of fame'. There were pictures of his parents and his brothers, his children and grandchildren, and every time ...
... later where Amy looks as if she's clinging on to me for dear life. She never wanted to be a party girl either, even though she thrived on getting attention. Once, she had a joint birthday party with her friend Zara. Zara's grandmother ...
... later when she performed. Amy adored Michael Jackson, and in 1988, when she was five, I took her to see his film Moonwalker. 'It was brill,' she wrote in her notebook afterwards. 'Michael Jackson is handsome. I love him. He is nice and ...
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3 Dads Gone Can We Get a Hamster? | 50 |
4 We Three | 63 |
5 Take The Box | 80 |
6 Frank | 96 |
7 Headline Honey | 113 |
13 Island In The Sun | 208 |
14 Drinkin Again | 224 |
15 Leader of the Pack | 241 |
16 Time Out for Tears | 258 |
Life After Amy | 275 |
Some Information about the Amy Winehouse Foundation | 293 |
Other Useful Contacts | 295 |
Acknowledgements | 297 |
8 Puttin On The Ritz | 130 |
9 Behind the Beehive | 145 |
10 Fly Me To The Moon | 161 |
11 Two Steps Forward One Step Back | 178 |
12 Maybe | 194 |
Picture Acknowledgements | 299 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 301 |
Photos | 302 |