Life with My Sister Madonna.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,black background with sibling's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with gilt+white lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly aged/toned,fore-edges brighter all clean and without blemish,foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-342pp [paginated] includes an introduction,a prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue,a mixture of contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) auto+ biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp56/7 and pp280/1 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear;acknowledgements with a blank verso.
Christopher Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his forty-seven years of growing up with,working with and understanding the most famous woman of our time who has intrigued,scandalized and entertained millions for half a century.Through most of the iconic star's kaleidoscopic career, Christopher played an important role in her life: as her back-up dancer,her personal assistant,her dresser, her decorator,her art director,her tour director.
If you think you knew everything there is to know about Madonna,your are wrong.Only Christopher can tell the full-scale,riveting untold story behind Madonna's carefully constructed mythology,and the real woman behind the glittering facade. From their shared Michigan childhood,which Madonna transcended, then whisked Christopher to Manhattan with her in the early eighties, where he slept on her roach-infested floor and danced with her in clubs all over town - Christopher was with her every step of the way, experiencing her first-hand in all her incarnations.The spoiled daddy's girl,the punk drummer,the raunchy Boy Toy,Material Girl,Mrs. Sean Penn,Warren Beatty's glamorous Hollywood paramour,loving mother, Mrs.Guy Ritchie,English grande dame - Christopher witnessed and understood all of them,as his own life was inexorably entwined with that of his chameleon sister.
He tangled with a cast of characters from artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,to Gwyneth Paltrow,Kate Moss,Demi Moore and,of course,Guy Ritchie, whose advent in Madonna's life splintered the loving relationship Christopher once had with her.The mirror image of his legendary sister, with his acid Ciccone tongue,Christopher pulls no punches as he tells his astonishing story.
'Life with My Sister Madonna' is the juicy,can't-put-it-down story you've always wanted to hear,as told by Madonna's younger brother.
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