Biographie de Celine Dion [Paperback]

Georges-Hebert Germain (Author), Germain Georges-Hebert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1997

Voici le portrait d'une femme libre, autonome, amoureuse, physiquement et mentalement saine et souple. Céline Dion est portée par une grande ambition, qui n'est pas celle des autres mais la sienne propre, et par ses rêves à elle, que son imprésario, l'homme de sa vie, René Angélil, l'aide à réaliser. L'histoire racontée ici est faite de multiples conquêtes, certaines longues et ardues, d'autres faciles ou imprévues. Certaines de ces conquêtes sont intimes, d'autres sont hautement spectaculaires et médiatisées.

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Language Notes

Text: French

About the Author

Né aux Écureuils, dans le comté de Portneuf, le 20 août 1944, Georges-Hébert Germain a fait ses études classiques à Trois-Rivières et à Montréal. Il a obtenu un baccalauréat ès Arts (1964) et une licence en géographie (1969) de l'Université de Montréal.Il a été journaliste, d'abord attaché à La Presse, puis à L'Actualité et au Devoir. Il a travaillé comme pigiste pour la majorité des magazines québécois (Elle, Nous, Châtelaine, Readers Digest, etc). Il a participé comme chroniqueur, critique, commentateur, scénariste ou reporter à un grand nombre d'émissions de télévision à Radio-Canada, Télé-Métropole et Télé-Québec, de même qu'à l'Office national du film.Il a reçu plus de vingt prix de journalisme, dont le prix Judith-Jasmin, le prix Jules-Fournier, le prix Louis-Chantigny, le prix Montréal-Genève et, à deux reprises, le grand prix d'excellence de la Fondation des magazines canadiens.Il est l'auteur de quinze livres, certains publiés à l'étranger, parmi lesquels des ouvrages sur les Peuples du froid (1996) et les Coureurs des bois (2003) ainsi que des biographies de Christophe Colomb, de Guy Lafleur, de Monica la Mitraille et de Céline Dion.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: Libre Expression (December 1997)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2891117662
• ISBN-13: 978-2891117661
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #948,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can read French and like Celine, this is the best!, October 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Biographie de Celine Dion (Paperback)

This is an excellent biography of the pop diva. It also includes bio information about her husband and about their incredible romance. She has come a long way since she started singing at the age of 12; this book chronicles how she did it and who she met along the way. It's an interesting read if you're a fan, but it's also interesting if you'd like to know how someone gets from nowhere to a top pop icon. Nice writing style.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent and intriguing look at the life of the diva., September 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Biographie de Celine Dion (Paperback)

A well-written chronicle of Celine Dion's rise to fame, including tales of her earliest appearances, her recent top-selling tour, and her experiences in Hollywood. This is an inside look at Dion, who is at once fascinating and simple. Her intense love affair with husband Rene Angelil is told from both sides--his and hers. And it provides a blinding flash of the obvious: they are soulmates. The book is written by a Quebecois writer who was allowed to travel and live with the singer and her entourage. He tells about her days-long silences to preserve her voice, family squabbles, and the everyday pressures of being on tour. It reads as a good story about a good woman who starts singing professionally as a preteen and at 30 has reached, and surpassed, her goals. It's inspiring stuff.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars le meilleur livre a propos de Celine/the best book about CD, August 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Biographie de Celine Dion (Paperback)

Voici le meilleur livre a propos de Celine Dion. Evidemment, il vient de sortir aux E-U, mais je l'ai achete a Quebec et pendant ces derniers mois, j'avais eu la chance de le lire. C'est vraiment incroyable. This is the first authorised book about Celine Dion. All others, including the extremely cheesy and untrue "Behind the Fairytale" are not worth your money. This is a wonderful book and it is currently being translated into English. If you can read French, though, you should definetely get this version. Georges-Hebert Germain is a very gifted writer and each chapter flips between a scene from when he was touring with her last year to a gradual, chapter by chapter biography of Celine and her husband Rene. I definetely recommend this book.