This book traces the unique history of Bob Marley and his contribution to popular music from his mother's perspective, a singer on her own right. It begins with her shock at hearing about her son's illness and then goes on to recount his fight for survival together with his music, and tumultuous life.
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Bob Marley's mom and Winkler offer a sentimental biography of the reggae superstar, mostly in Booker's first-person Jamaican vernacular but occasionally slipping into ghost-writer boilerplate. Many complicated matters in Marley's saga are simplified here, which conspires with the inconsistent narrative voice to undercut the book's value. Booker treats Marley's white father as sympathetically as Bob's daughter does in her juvenile biography of her father--indeed, much more sympathetically than do other books on Marley, which is of a piece with the image-sanitation practices of the financial controllers of Bob's legacy. Still, Booker has much of value to say about her son's personal life, his wife, Rita, and his many paramours (Booker warned Bob about getting involved with light-skinned model Cindy Breakspeare), and some--but not nearly enough--to say about Bob's longtime friends and bandmates Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. Valuable as an ancillary resource on the most famous Jamaican ever. Mike Tribby
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Lots has been said, sung and written about music icon Bob Marley. But perhaps the most definitive account of the famed reggae stars life comes from the woman who knew him best: His mother. (Adam Graham News Journal )
This poignant memoir offers readers one of the most revealing portraits of Bob Marley ever published. (Anthony Winker Blackmen )
A sentimental biography of the reggae superstar. (Booklist )
This poignant memoir offers readers one of the most revealing portraits of Bob Marley ever published. (Anthony Winker Blackmen )
A sentimental biography of the reggae superstar. (Booklist )
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This review is from: Bob Marley: My Son (Hardcover)
This is a compelling book. I agree with the reviewer who said that at the beginning of the book there was more about Cedella and her background than about Bob Marley, but the end justified the means. You get to know and understand Cedella Marley as her son takes her through her journey. Her description of "Nesta's" last months are heart wrenching. Her voice as a mother comes through - I was sobbing at the end. But she added credit where credit is due namely to Chris Blackwell, when all of Marley's "entourage" left after his death, Blackwell remained to ask what was needed and to make sure Cedella would be taken care of for the rest of her life. Not many people are aware of Blackwell's genuine care and concern.
As I kept reading throughout the book, I was becoming more aware of how beautifully written her words are and how strong her love is for "Nesta" and all of her family. This is, indeed, a beautiful book and one that belongs in everyone's collection of all that is written about Nesta Robert Marley. Sue Few
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Cedella Marley Booker: Strength of Bob,
By Jaynae Miller "JMM" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bob Marley: My Son (Hardcover)
I read this book in ONE DAY! It is an incredible book! You get such an understanding of Bob Marley (born: Nesta Robert Marley) that you are enveloped into the life of this musical legend! Once you read this book, you know exactly where Bob Marley got his character and his strength--from his mother. Her account of how she watched her son die from cancer is tearjerking and for me was personal, as I saw my mother waste away from cancer. It is truly the greatest and best account of the life of Bob Marley ever written and die-hard Marley fans should own this book at all cost! This literally is as close to Bob Marley anyone will ever get to understanding the man behind the music.
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This review is from: Bob Marley: My Son (Hardcover)
I guess this book was okay, however, I've read other books on Bob Marley and his mother's version seems very bias towards her son and herself looking good. She totally downplays his infidelites as a man will do what a man will do but focuses on Rita Marley getting pregnant with another man's baby. She mentioned this numerous times in the book giving this as one main reason for conflict between Bob and Rita. She focuses on Rita being unfaithful but barely talks about the numerous children he had outside his marriage. She states her son was tormented about this child and that he would divorce Rita if he found out it was not his. She later claims Rita did tell him that this was not his child- he never got a divorce. I read Rita's version in No Woman, No Cry and tend to somewhat believe that version of events a lot better. Other than the conflictual information and her focusing on herself a lot, it was an okay read.
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