book Madonna - A Rebel Life (New 880 page biography) by award winning Mary Gabriel

[GlamSlam]

Madonna - A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel,  book release October 10

 

In this "lushly evocative" 880 page biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern Madonna. With her arrival on the music scene in the early 1980s, Madonna generated nothing short of an explosion—as great as that of Elvis or the Beatles—taking the nation by storm with her liberated politics and breathtaking talent. Within two years of her 1983 debut album, a flagship Macy's store in Manhattan held a Madonna lookalike contest featuring Andy Warhol as a judge, and opened a department called “Madonna-land.”

But Madonna was more than just a pop star. Everywhere, fans gravitated to her as an emblem of a new age, one in which feminism could shed the buttoned-down demeanor of the 1970s and feel relevant to a new generation. Amid the scourge of AIDS, she brought queer identities into the mainstream, fiercely defending a person's right to love whomever—and be whoever—they wanted. Despite fierce criticism, she never separated her music from her political activism. And, as an artist, she never stopped experimenting. Madonna existed to push past boundaries by creating provocative, visionary music, videos, films, and live performances that changed culture globally.

Deftly tracing Madonna’s story from her Michigan roots to her rise to super-stardom, master biographer Mary Gabriel captures the dramatic life and achievements of one of the greatest artists of our time.

 

 

 

 

Reviews so far:

 

'A whopping biography of the pop phenomenon and queen of reinvention. Life is a mystery - hers oughtn't to be after reading this.' THE TIMES, ' biggest books for autumn'

'A fascinating take on one of music's greatest icons' BELFAST TELEGRAPH

In this exceptional biography, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna.

'Daring to write a biography of a woman with whom the entire world is on a first-name basis, Mary Gabriel has created (astonishingly) a book neither gossip-driven nor highly snarky... she reveals instead a Madonna both more true and more unbelievably believable; a rock-and-roll suffragette... Norman Mailer once said to Madonna, 'I've come to the conclusion that you are a great artist.' Exquisitely detailed in her storytelling, Gabriel is clearly in that camp, convincing us that we all still vogue in the House of Madonna.'
Brad Gooch, author of City Poe

Edited October 1, 2023 by GlamSlam

[pisuke]

Buying it

[poki]

880 page biography

 

Y.E.S.

[noonbob]

omg 880 pages!

 

[God_Donna]

It’s gonna slay, just like my brand new avi. 

[Lament]

I can't wait omg

[javieraloud]

So is this going to be official and authorized by THE Madonna?

[Enrique523]

Can't wait to read it 

[Daddy]

This and the Britney book back to back

[John Slayne]

On 10/1/2023 at 9:42 PM, javieraloud said:

So is this going to be official and authorized by THE Madonna?

i was thinking the same, but i don't think so. she would've posted about it on insta or they would advertise it if it were approved 

[LikeaRebel]

Sounds enticing 

[GlamSlam]

Author interviewed on the NYT's Book Review podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-review/id120315179?i=1000630460997

 

[poki]

It seems to be a neutral point of view on her career so that's good. 

 

Many people around my age (25) are totally unaware of the "Madonna-wannabe" movement. 

[PinkLamborghini]

Top of my reading list. The Queen has a fascinating life. 

[Dark Phoenix]

Can’t wait for this one! 880 pages is a good length to cover HERstory!

[GlamSlam]

 

[Bosque]

How has she not yet written or ghost written her own memoire? She’s very intelligent and funny, I’m not really interested in yet another biography of hers written by a stranger 

Edited October 13, 2023 by Dephira

[GlamSlam]

2 hours ago, Dephira said:

How has she not yet written or ghost written her own memoire? She’s very intelligent and funny, I’m not really interested in yet another biography of hers written by a stranger 

I think she will at some point, it's just finding the time to do it. 

 

It would be quite an interesting read, that's for sure.