I was given the opportunity to read and review ‘Through the storm’ by Lynne Spears. My first thought was, this should be pretty cool, as this mother has lived over the last several years watching the world watch her family. And not just watch, but intrude and interject. It seems that you just mention the name Britney Spears and everyone has an opinion. And the fact that Jamie Lynn is a very public figure as well doesn’t help. I would think as a parent it would feel like trying to live you life in a washing machine. Things keep churning and the new stuff that gets put in is just more dirt.
We all want our kids to grow up and reach their dreams, it is just that when that happens too quickly, no one is prepared for it. Especially the kids.
This book reads kind of like you are reading through Lynne’s journal or sitting with her on her front porch. While it is an easy read, it is a little jumbled to follow. In that it jumps around in time and at points becomes nothing more then a written ‘shout-out’ to people who have been supportive to them in the past.
I think there is a lot of regret in Lynne’s life. They were not ready for the over night success, and they didn’t make very good choices – if any about who was guiding their daughter’s career.
I guess what I was looking for was either a life story – which this book kind of is. Or something to layout – this is what happened in my life because I wasn’t prepared and here is how you can avoid the same pit-falls. And while there is a little bit of that at the end of the book, it just seems thrown together.
This woman has lived quite the life. A life made up of a lot of bad choices and too many flash bulbs. I don’t know that I would have done much better if I were in her shoes. But on an overall level this was just a ‘good book’. Not a great one. Not a life changing one. But a good one.
We all want our kids to grow up and reach their dreams, it is just that when that happens too quickly, no one is prepared for it. Especially the kids.
This book reads kind of like you are reading through Lynne’s journal or sitting with her on her front porch. While it is an easy read, it is a little jumbled to follow. In that it jumps around in time and at points becomes nothing more then a written ‘shout-out’ to people who have been supportive to them in the past.
I think there is a lot of regret in Lynne’s life. They were not ready for the over night success, and they didn’t make very good choices – if any about who was guiding their daughter’s career.
I guess what I was looking for was either a life story – which this book kind of is. Or something to layout – this is what happened in my life because I wasn’t prepared and here is how you can avoid the same pit-falls. And while there is a little bit of that at the end of the book, it just seems thrown together.
This woman has lived quite the life. A life made up of a lot of bad choices and too many flash bulbs. I don’t know that I would have done much better if I were in her shoes. But on an overall level this was just a ‘good book’. Not a great one. Not a life changing one. But a good one.
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