Remembering Whitney audiobook

I'll say it. I'm a HUGE Whitney Houston fan. I have been since I played the cassette tape of I wanna dance with somebody in my bedroom and danced in circles to exhaustion. I thought I knew it all...till I read this book. Mrs. Houston has painted a heartfelt and warming portrayal of a woman so close to our hearts and even closer to hers. We are invited to learn of Whitney's upbringing, her highs and her lows, her hopes and her doubts and her never ending faith in God. I spent the day reading this book on the one year anniversary of Whitney's death. I mediated on it and it made me feel a whole new love for the woman who provided the soundtrack to my life. I was so scared it would turn into a drug memoir, and was so happy to see that it was a love memoir. A book spelling out that the woman I felt was so close to perfect had her flaws, just like us all.Among these stories was a wonderful tid bit about Houston wanting to perform over seas for the troops to show her love and her support, only to be told by security that she was viewed as too much of a national treasure to risk the journey. And so she welcomed them home in a tribute I still watch to this day on video.In my mind this will be the only book I will give merit to when it comes to anyone writing about our beloved Whitney. I choose not to remember the drugs or the personal struggles, I choose to focus on the gifts that were passed down through her to us. And this book acts as yet another vessel to do so.If there was a way to go back, I would tell her.. The voice was enough, we didn't need you to be anything but love. This book showed me that in spades.A must read for anyone who has fallen in love with a song.

Whitney Houston will always be one of my favorite female vocalist. The voice will often be imitated but never duplicated, mocked but never mastered, it has the ability to purge your heart. Reading this memoir was very hard to get through, just to think of the things she endured with. Cissy events about what led to her demise was disheartening, it seems like she tried everything to keep Houston alive. Although I am familiar with some details in this book, some things took me by surprise. I had no idea that even in the womb, Houston was inclined to music.This was mainly about Cissy life prior to having Whitney and the tribulations that they been through is something to be treasured.Very sentimental novel, I will always you Whitney Houston.

What an Inspirational Story!If you have ever lost a loved one in your life, you must read this book. Is is truly inspirational!

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was one of the best singers in the world. Oprah called her "The Voice". She was brought in a musical family. Her mother, Cissy Houston, was part of the gospel group and worked with prominent artists such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Luther Vandross. Whitney's cousin, Dionne Warwick, is an award-winning artist and still active in music industry.Once, Whitney was on her peak singing "I Will Always Love You" with her flawless voice that gave shivers to millions of people around the world. Once, Whitney was a complete package: a beautiful young woman with unbelievably-perfect voice and a pleasant attitude. Once.She was a gifted artist with a bright future in front of her. She was born to be a diva. But, that moment didn't last long. She was struggling with her personal demons, was a victim in domestic abuse. On February 11, 2012, the lights went off. The diva has gone. I was sad when I heard the news. How could I forget that day. Whitney is one of my heroes. Her songs are everlasting. It happened on my birthday last year. I was sad, but not shocked, because somehow I could see it coming. What's in store for a drug addict? It doesn't take a genius to predict the future of druggies. It's just about time.This is a heartbreaking memoir of a mother who lost her beloved daughter. I believe Cissy was telling the truth. So many facts that were confirmed in this book.Whitney had a drug problem long before she met Bobby Brown. When she met Bobby for the first time on Soul Train Awards, they just clicked, and not long after that, they got married. People were shocked. Whitney and Bobby, what a joke. Whitney had a squeaky clean image. On the other hand, Bobby was a bad boy. People knew that he was kicked out of New Edition due to his recklessness. And things got worse after Whitney had a baby, Bobbi Christina (Krissi). Whitney was on a long hiatus, partying with his notorious husband, and nobody wanted to hear Whitney sing anymore. She released some albums. She canceled some concerts. Everyone knew she had a problem with drugs. Until she was kicked out of Academy Awards Performance. She'd shown erratic behavior during rehearsals, couldn't memorize her lines. And that's it. Cissy knew Whitney had a problem, but she couldn't save her daughter. Whitney hid her addiction. She had all the power to fire her people if 'Barracuda' (Cissy's nickname) found out about that. So, nobody dared to talk. Sadly, Whitney's brothers were on the same boat, which hurt Cissy even more.That was the end of Whitney's career. The night before Grammy Awards 2012, Whitney's erratic behavior bursted out at a club after she sang "Jesus Loves Me". She had a catfight with a woman who was rumored to be Ray Jay's girlfriend. Ray Jay is Brandy's brother. Ray and Whitney were rumored to be couple. But according to Bobby Brown's sister, Ray was never Whitney's lover. He was nothing but a drug dealer.Whitney's death was surrounded by mysterious circumstances. So many odd things happened during that day. For example, Clive Davis's Pre-Grammy Party was held when Whitney died, but nobody wanted to stop partying when the news broke. While Whitney's dead body was lying at the hotel room, people were partying below.Second, Bobby Brown's sister confirmed that Whitney hated to soak in the bath tub. She believed there waa a foul play involved.I don't want to remember Whitney as a drug addict. To me, Whitney was a beautiful woman who touched so many people with her amazing voice.Rest in peace, Whitney.

I can't say I was all that big of a Whitney Houston fan. I appreciated that she had a great voice but her music wasn't really my thing and I was turned off by the way she embarrassed herself in the public eye in the later years (crack is wack!).I wanted to read this book because I was more intereste

I wanted to read this book to get Cissy Houston’s perspective. Cissy did a great job of explaining how much she loved Whitney and the book shed light into why Whitney's life turned out the way it did. The books also exemplifies how much Cissy loved her daughter and at the same time shows that Cissy allowed Whitney to live her own life and make her own choices and mistakes. In the end, I believe that Whitney just wanted to sing but she got caught up in bad things because of the choices she made.

This was a very touching book written by her mother. I think going into this book you need to keep in mind it was written by her mom. No mother is going to write a book full of smut about their daughter. This is filled with positive memories and stories of how Nippy became Whitney Houston. It was nice to read facts about her that weren't all tainted by her drug use. I really enjoyed this and it gave me a greater appreciation for her and her music.

Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped, is a mother’s moving tribute to her daughter’s memory. Though Whitney Houston’s struggles with drugs were well publicized, Cissy Houston devotes much of the book to providing an intimate glance into her relationship with her superstar daughter.This is not a mother who was blind to her children’s flaws while making excuses for their self-destructive behavior; nor does she portray herself as a “perfect” mother or wife. The author is forthcoming and balanced in her assessments of both her daughter’s marriage to Bobby Brown as well as the longtime friendship Whitney Houston maintained with an openly gay woman—in spite of the speculations about her sexuality. Yet like mothers throughout time, she’s had to learn that fine balance between knowing when to step in and help her adult children and when to step back and allow them to live their lives and learn from their mistakes, no matter how painful it is to watch. I really admired Cissy Houston’s courage in addressing the questions that all mothers wrestle with upon losing a child to adverse circumstances, including death. Questions about whether she clearly communicated to her daughter that she loved and approved of her even if she wasn’t being perfect. Or what more she could have done to stop her daughter’s downward spiral. It’s heartbreaking to read these admissions of a mother’s perceived helplessness in the face of her child’s troubles; about the pain, anger, and self-blame she continues to struggle with even now, more than a year after her daughter’s death. Mothers everywhere will relate to Cissy Houston’s “mother’s guilt”, while at the same time celebrating her unapologetic mother-bear stance when it came to defending her daughter against school bullies or anyone else who threatened her daughter’s safety or happiness—not even her own husband or sons were exempt from her wrath. Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped, reminds us why we first fell in love with the angelic, yet powerful voice of Whitney Houston more than 25 years ago and why we’ll always love her.

Loved this book. I grew up listening to Whitney Houston , and it was interesting to hear the details behind her downfall. Not the gossip, but the reason Whitney may have been a victim of drugs. Her mom described her as wanting to please others and desperate to avoid conflict. She clearly loved a troubled man, but her problems with drugs began before him. She may have had a lesbian relationship, too, and that would have been a shame if the inability to be herself could have contributed to her instability. Her mom was a trip. The book was very strait forward, easy to read, and came across as honest and sincere. Her mom is clueless in many things. Obviously the drug use of her kids, but her relationship with her husband, too. She started her relationship with him why he was married, yet she is shocked he did the same thing to her. It was interesting for her describe his first wife bawling in church at his funeral. She still doesn't get it. Overall, would definitely recommend the book to anyone who is curious about Whitney Houston.

Cissy Houston's memoir of life with Whitney. Some are saying they did not like how Cissy spoke more about her life than Whitney's. While some parts about her music career did drag I think her story sheds some light on Whitney's life growing up such as her mother leaving the family to perform around the country and Whitney pretending she was from "the bricks." Those stories give clues that may have affected the choices she made later on in life. Others mention how Cissy did not know much about the drugs. I believe she does know more about the drugs but feels she should not have to drag her daughter's memory through the dirt like so many of the tabloids. I also liked how she didn't blame anyone for the drugs and stated Whitney was a woman who made her own choices. She also didn't try to speak for Bobbie Kristina instead stating Bobbie will tell her story in her own time. I highly recommend this book.

I didn't grow up while Whitney Houston was in her prime but I do know a couple of her most popular songs. She wasn't a celebrity I paid much attention to but through this book I feel like I know and understand her better. This book is beautifully written and portray Whitney as Cissy one and only daughter not as Whitney Houston the great singer. I enjoyed reading this book although some parts were extremely sad. This is proof that everybody is a person first and even celebrities have real problems.

The book was not what I expected. Cissy made no excuses for Nippy and held her daughter fully accountable for the decisions she made that resulted in her untimely death. However, you felt her very strong faith, her grief, her pride, her love and protective nature toward her daughter. I'm not a huge biography fan, but enjoyed the introspection regarding their relationship and Cissy's perceptive of the life and death her famous daughter.

Ms. Houston did a wonderful job showing Whitney as a daughter, woman, and mother; outside of Whitney Houston-"The VOICE". She did what few have wanted to do, which was hold Whitney accountable for Whitney! There could have been more laughter,more stories of good times, but sadly all of Whitney's life wasn't happy.I get that Ms. Houston wanted to show the humble side of her, explain her experiences that lead to her decisions. Hopefully now, she's FINALLY at peace!!