The Woman in Me by Britney Spears AudioBook

The Woman in Me chronicles Spears’s journey to stardom, the publicized challenges she faced, and her endeavors to break free from a longstanding conservatorship that once controlled her life.

In the beginning of the memoir, Spears writes that her paternal grandmother, Emma Jean Spears, was sent to an asylum by Spears’s paternal grandfather. Their three-day-old baby had died and Emma Jean was overwhelmed by grief. While at the asylum, Emma Jean was put on lithium; later she shot herself over the child’s grave. Spears added that “tragedy runs in my family”.

Spears also writes that she was marketed as innocent, even though she had been a regular smoker since the age of 14 and lost her virginity around the same time. In 2002, her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake dumped her by text on the set of a music video.^[16] When she became pregnant by Timberlake, she writes that he persuaded her to undergo an abortion. Spears writes that Timberlake continuously cheated on her: “Photographers caught Justin with one of the girls from All Saints in a car.” After the break-up, her public image suffered, she started to burn out, and began abusing the prescription drug Adderall.  She also admitted that she cheated on Timberlake with dancer Wade Robson.

She described her two-week sexual fling with actor Colin Farrell in the memoir. Spears wrote that the reason for her 55-hour marriage to Jason Alexander was, that she was “drunk and very bored.” She wrote that her family got angry after finding out about her marriage. Spears wrote: “They made way too big a deal out of innocent fun. Everybody has a different perspective on it, but I didn’t take it that seriously. I thought a goof-around Vegas wedding was something people might do as a joke. Then my family came and acted like I’d started World War III. I cried the whole rest of the time I was in Las Vegas.” Spears also dives into the rocky relationship with her sister Jamie Lynn and apologizes to Jamie Lynn’s Zoey 101 co-star Alexa Nikolas (referring to Nikolas as “that young actress”) for yelling at her, adding that she was pregnant and emotional at the time.

Spears discusses her relationship with Kevin Federline and the struggles she faced after becoming a mother, including suffering from postpartum depression. The memoir also goes into further detail and provides new perspective about widely publicized events in Spears’ life, including shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo with an umbrella.

The Woman in Me – Britney Spears – 2023

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Britney Spears, Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 10-24-23
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo

Publisher’s summary

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.

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