Candid, compelling, and heartbreaking?a father''s story of a
talent taken too soon and a legacy that will live on for
generations
On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse''s family, friends, and fans
around the world mourned the tragedy that this remarkable,
talented, and extraordinarily generous young woman was now gone. A
legion of dedicated fans had lost their idol; a devastated family
had lost their Amy. With this difficult news came an outpouring of
love and grief from her fans, along with troubling questions about
Amy''s very public struggles with drugs and alcohol, as people
tried to understand how such a soulful singer had been silenced so
young.
Now, in this intimate and tender account, her father and
confidant, Mitch, offers an inside view of Amy''s life as she lived
it, putting to rest once and for all the controversies that have
long surrounded her. Sifting fact from fiction, he pre-sents a
portrait of Amy unlike any other, detailing the events and the
people that shaped her youth?from her mischievous childhood to her
grandmother''s Jazz Age stories, to her father singing Frank
Sinatra around the house. Shedding light on Amy''s musical
coming-of-age, Mitch explores how she honed her distinctive sound,
created her unforgettable look, and channeled her own life into
hits such as "You Know I''m No Good," "Rehab," and "Back to
Black"?some of the most memorable and personal pop music in
years.
While her beehive hair, larger-than-life voice, and outrageous
personality made her famous, her life offstage made her infamous.
Here Mitch holds nothing back about Amy''s addiction to drugs and
alcohol, mixing the painful with the poignant as he describes the
realities of her dependencies and the toll they took on the family
and friends who refused to give up on her. Revealing the truth
about Amy''s substance abuse and dispelling many of the
tabloid-fueled rumors about her tumultuous marriage to Blake
Fielder-Civil, Mitch exposes the years of behind-the-scenes drama
that consumed his life and explains how, for those who knew Amy in
her last months, the greatest tragedy of all was that she finally
appeared to be conquering her demons.
Filled with insights into Amy Winehouse''s music, photographs
from her life, and stories of the real woman behind the headlines,
Amy, My Daughter is an emotional journey into music,
addiction, and the unbreakable bond between a daughter and her
father.
