Through the StormThomas Nelson Inc - 272 pages We all want our children to succeed. What happens when they do? Britney Spears wanted to sing ever since she was a little girl. But the years of sacrifices, auditions, performances, albums, fame, and paparazzi left the little Louisiana family swept up and spun around, and nothing turned out the way anyone ever imagined or wanted. Now Lynne shares the inside story of the Spears family as only a mother can. Through the Storm takes readers outside the narrow orbit of the Hollywood glitterati. Lynne shares how fame forever changed their family; her regrets letting managers, agents, and record companies direct the lives of her children; the challenges that shaped Lynne and Jamie's failed marriage and how they affected Bryan, Britney, and Jamie Lynn; the startling events that led to Britney's breakdown; the aftermath of Jamie Lynn's pregnancy; and how the family has tried pulling together to recapture a sense of hope and purpose. Through the Storm, says Lynne, is "the story of one simple Southern woman whose family got caught in a tornado called fame, and who is still trying to sort through the debris scattered all over her life in the aftermath. It's who I am, warts and all, with some true confessions that took a long time to get up the nerve to discuss." |
Contents
From There to Here | 1 |
Kentwood | 3 |
GoodLooking Southern Man | 14 |
Close Call | 19 |
Wrecking Balls | 23 |
Sweet and Bitter | 29 |
Witnessing a Miracle | 34 |
Friendships | 40 |
Rude Awakening | 103 |
Calling It Quits | 112 |
Jamie Lynns Turn | 118 |
Britney and Kevin | 124 |
Sandra Leaves | 128 |
The Breakdown | 134 |
The Paparazzi | 137 |
My Grandbabies | 149 |
The Other Woman | 48 |
Britney Starts Singing | 54 |
Here Comes Jamie Lynn | 61 |
Teaching | 67 |
Why Did I Say Yes? | 72 |
Mama | 78 |
Mouseketeer Days | 83 |
First Taste of Fame | 92 |
The Touch of Time | 98 |
Mama Im Pregnant | 159 |
Jerked Around | 165 |
The General | 172 |
Breaking the Stranglehold | 181 |
A Mothers Heart | 186 |
Epilogue Sandras Legacy | 203 |
Acknowledgments From Lynne Spears | 207 |
About the authors | 211 |