My Family, the Jacksons [Paperback]

Katherine Jackson (Author), Richard Wiseman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312923503
• ISBN-13: 978-0312923501
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.7 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,259,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great autobiography, July 10, 2002

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orlesher bell "oeb" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Family, the Jacksons (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book alot i read it to myself and my mon, it's excellent. Katherine tells an honest heartwrenching story about her family, this comes from the person who knows them the best.She really let's you know that her family is just as much as normal human beings as everyone else.She breaks down the families personalities in the books so you will understand them better, why Michael is so sensitive and talented, to Randy's being independent. This is a really great book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts on My Family: The Jacksons by Katrherine Jackson, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: My Family, the Jacksons (Paperback)

I found it so refreshing to read a book about the first family of Pop Music without all the tabloid garbage. Katherine tells the story from her POV which is the truth. After all she experienced everything first hand as the Matriarch of the Jacksons. She starts off with her own childhood to the infamous to do with Latoya in 1989 struggling all the while to keep the family together.

It is a heartwarming and straight forward story that only a mother can tell and Katherine does an excellent job on it. My wish is that she would write a sequel so that she can up to date us all on what the family is up to now and share with us her thoughts on two of her newest and most famous grandbabies of them all, namely Prince Michael(PJ) Jackson and Paris Katherine Michael,. A very good book which I highly urge everyone to read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Positive and very sugarcoated, August 15, 2009

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BelizeanBeauty (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Family, the Jacksons (Paperback)

Again the price is ridiculous and not worth it. I actually read this one online for free.

It took me a couple days because it started off very slow. It didn't get quite interesting until the family moved to California.
It was very positive and it was nice of Katherine to speak about each child, their personalities, hobbies, interests etc.

It was very refreshing compared to the negative press that surrounds the family.

Although it is a bit sugarcoated, and she left out alot of details that the movie, and other children speak about, it really showed a mothers view of the family. She knows them all best.

I was literally lol@ the parts about Michael and his weird tastes and excitement he found in things we are fearful of today. He was definately very humorous. Janet was always laid back and easy going, and Latoya:Prissy. Rebbie was the mother of the group. and of course the boys focus and interest was their music.

It was nice for different members of the family to include their input in the book as well. It would be nice if Katherine would release another book soon, and update us on the past few years.
Katherine was definately her childrens biggest fans, and that I found to be very sweet and supporting. Even at the age of 60 she spoke about being on the road with Janet, and still managing to get into the show like a 20 yr old would.

It is indeed a great read if you don't know much about the family and would like more information.