by Marie Osmond
First published 2009
Marie Osmond opens her life like a photo album, spreading out decades of triumph and disaster for examination. At 19, when her hit TV show with brother Donny wrapped in 1979, she planned to trade spotlights for office work, learning shorthand and typing skills. Fame had other plans. Now she looks back on a career that refused to end, examining the weight of constant public scrutiny alongside private battles with depression and divorce. As a mother of eight, she navigated the impossible balance between stage demands and family needs. The entertainer dissects her biggest victories and most painful failures with equal measure, from career peaks to personal valleys. She explores the pressure of maintaining a perfect image while struggling with real problems behind the scenes. Her approach centers on finding humor in hardship and resilience in setback. The book delivers practical wisdom drawn from surviving decades in entertainment while raising a large family and weathering multiple personal crises.
Genres: family-life, autobiography, contemporary, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-journey, survival
320 pages · Hardcover · NAL Hardcover
Content warnings: depression