Remembering Whitney (Large Print): My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped

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Contemplative and private, Cissy Houston has said little publicly about her daughter Whitneys tragically early death. She hasnt spoken to the press about the funny, warm memories from her daughters childhood or the lovely, quiet moments the two shared as Whitney became a woman-much less the trying and troubling times when Cissy and her family tried to save the superstars life while it careened out of control.

Now, for the first time, Cissy will tell the unabridged and unbelievable story of her daughters life as well as her own, addressing Whitneys brightest and darkest moments while helping fans around the world understand the complexities of this extraordinary star who died much too young. A legendary gospel singer in her own right, Cissy shows how the lessons from her musical journey helped to shape Whitneys career-from teaching Whitney to use her voice, to witnessing Whitneys first experiences in the music business, to keeping her daughter level-headed throughout her meteoric rise to fame.

However, Cissy does not shy away from the difficult realities of her daughters life.

Offering an insiders perspective unlike any other, she sets the record straight about Whitney, exploring both her turbulent marriage and her misunderstood struggles with drug abuse with a candor, honesty, and respect that have long been missing accounts of Whitneys life. Ultimately, Cissy goes behind the tabloid headlines to show the true, human side of this strong, successful, yet flawed musical icon, capturing the dramatic depths and soaring range of an extraordinary woman, along with the pain and heartbreak of a grieving mother as she struggles with an impossible loss.

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Disarming... In the emotionally tangled "Remembering Whitney," the elder Houston - still clearly working out her grief - is a fiercely protective mama bear to the memory of her damaged cub, but she also refuses to lionize her. She paints a picture of her daughter's life... that is both triumphant and anguished. -- Boston Globe

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Cissy Houston is a Grammy Award-winning soul and gospel singer and the mother of the late superstar Whitney Houston. Lisa Dickey has been a freelance ghostwriter and book doctor since 1997. She has helped write and edit fourteen nonfiction books, including seven New York Times bestsellers.