I found this to be a excellent book to red and Shanai reveals many things about her past I did not know, If you like her singing this is a must read book to learn about her past.

I was initially interested in this book when I read an excerpt of this book in a magazine. The excerpt was about Shania's reaction as she coped with the breakdown of her marriage to her partner, both in love and in work. I had heard about her rise to fame after living in impoverished conditions in northern Ontario so I thought I would give this book a shot. I am amazed with her resolve and strength to overcome the odds when they were against her. I cannot believe that someone who dealt with so much loss in her life, particularly of her parents when she was so young, came through it and has become a success. Granted, money cannot replace all those lives that were lost, but when you lose so much, some people would throw their hands up in despair and give up. The writing style left something to be desired, but it was a fairly easy read, almost as if she opened the pages to her journal. It was also interesting to read about her work ethic especially at a young age.

Very candid, brutally honest and beautifully told. I loved every page and I wish her all the best with her new husband and her new show on OWN.

I am sooo not interested in Shania Twain. I like some of her more popular hit songs but never got her CDs or really followed her career. In fact, I was about to change the channel when I saw she was on Oprah but the interview was so fascinating, I stuck it out. Later on, I got the book and I certainly don't regret it. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't know ANYTHING other than she was a fellow Canadian who made it big and now lives someplace other than Canada (like so many others, I felt rather bitterly). The things I learned about her are all positive even when they reflect badly or embarassingly for her. I learned that she's a tough person, who will hack away at the physically difficult life on a tree gang. She is quite self-aware -- able to live for years with a depressed mom who didn't take care of her kids and yet herself become a mom who put on a brave face and continued that all-important stable routine for her child in her own time of depression. She is a mature person who can dislike her parents for the physical assaults in front of their terrified kids but love them deeply for caring in a million ways throughout the short time she had them. And yes, even though, I find the navel-gazing silly and unwarranted, she earned my respect in so many ways that it was easy to grant her the room think things to death. I also learned that she is a lot like me: an deep need for a normal life (being a poor kid in rural Ont is a lot like being an immigrant ANYWHERE -- you just want to fit in), grateful for the beauty of our great country, and totally and refreshingly unpretentious. I love this book and highly recommend it to everyone (fans, naturally but also people like me -- who just didn't bat an eye before). She has garnered my total and complete respect in this beautifully told story.

I found her account of year of dates, where I was myself at those times growing up in northern Ontario. Her words are heart felt and it draws you into her life story. Shania’s memoir is a must read.