Wendy Leigh

Bowie: the Biography Wendy Leigh

Publisher Marketing: Discover the man behind the myth in this new biography of one of the most pioneering and influential performers of our time David Bowie. David Bowie the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design, and the quintessential sexual liberator is a living legend. However, for the past five decades, he has managed to retain his Hollywood star mystique. Now, "New York Times" bestselling author Wendy Leigh reveals the real man behind the mythology. Through scores of interviews with Bowie s lovers (both male and female), his girlfriends, business associates, groupies, and band members, Leigh, who grew up just a mile from where Bowie was born and went to school, has written an intimate biography of rock s greatest enigma. In an unexpurgated exploration of Bowie s kaleidoscopic personal life, she reveals his star-crossed inheritance his mother was once an acolyte of the British Fascist party; his father, the PR genius who masterminded his early career in a dramatic contrast to those family members grappling with mental illness, fears that would haunt Bowie for most of his life. Above all, there is Bowie s hard-won rise to fame and fortune, his astounding creativity, his courage as a performer, and his shape-shifting style, coupled with a ruthless ambition that caused him to submit to the casting couch on his way to the top. In the process, Leigh tells of Bowie s strong bond with John Lennon, his love/hate relationship with Mick Jagger, his male sexual partners, and his women, as disparate as Elizabeth Taylor, Susan Sarandon, Tina Turner, Marianne Faithful, Nina Simone, and most notable, his marriage to Iman, which has lasted for the past quarter of a century. This biography is a once-in-a-lifetime look at the iconic superstar who changed the world." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/01/2014 (EAN 9781476767079, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/15/2014 pg. 90 (EAN 9781476767079, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Leigh, Wendy Wendy Leigh is the four-time "New York Times" bestselling author of sixteen books, including "Prince Charming", " The J. F. K. Jr. Story", "The Secret" "Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy", and the co-author of "Life with My Sister Madonna", " Jeannie Out of the Bottle", and "Shirley Jones: A Memoir."Contributor Bio:  Vance, Simon SIMON VANCE is a prolific and popular audiobook narrator and actor with several hundred audiobooks to his credit. An Audie(r) Award-winner, Vance was recently named "The Voice of Choice" by "Booklist" magazine.