Through the Storm

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Thomas 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."

 

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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
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