The Woman in Me

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The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears, Britney Spears - introduction

Narrated by: Michelle Williams

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The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.

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Critic Reviews

'The book’s title comes from the lyrics of "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman", and is a remarkable capsule of the contradictions that build a human – something that Spears, who was a product and a symbol before she was old enough to vote – was never allowed to be. For years the world and Spears were told she was unfit, unwell, and unsafe. The voice that spills out of The Woman in Me is anything but. This is a book of how much a woman can bend – and be bent – before she breaks. But it’s also a testament to how she repairs herself, and heads towards survival, to whatever version of normality is possible for her, and to freedom.'

'There are anecdotes and namedrops, sure, and the writing is casual, conversational as though she’s spilling it all in a classic Britney Instagram caption, but to see it as simply a famous person’s memoir is underselling it: this is a text that dissects the notion of the “mad woman”, that unpicks the nature of celebrity and highlights some huge failings in the American legal system. The power of this book is the fact that it exists at all.'

'Britney Spears holds nothing back in her short, bittersweet and extremely powerful memoir.'

'What we are left with, not for the first time, is a cautionary tale about fame and the corrupting influence of money. And, just maybe, a glimmer of hope for a woman whose adult life has been dictated by others.'

‘Powerful in its vividness ... much has been made of the “bombshell” revelations from this memoir ... but vastly more interesting are the quiet revelations about herself ... Spears has always been funny and so unequivocally herself, even when recounting her mistreatment by most of the men in her life ... You can sense Spears gaining her power back, inch by inch. The Woman in Me is a worthy act of self-resurrection.’

‘Emerging radiant through the chaos ... in Britney Spears’s memoir, she’s stronger than ever ... [It's] presented so cleanly and candidly that The Woman in Me seems designed to be read in one sitting. It’s nearly impossible to come out of it without empathy for and real outrage on behalf of Spears, whose admitted bitterness over the dire circumstances of the last decade-plus of her life ... is tempered by an enduring, insistent optimism.’

‘Anyone looking for starry anecdotes or studio vignettes won’t find them here. Instead, The Woman in Me tells a focused story that makes inarguable the ties between patriarchy and exploitation, and deserves to be read as a cautionary tale and an indictment, not a grab-bag of tabloid revelations. After all Spears has lost, the sharpness of her perspective is a miracle. She repeatedly questions why – whether as a teenager in a crop top “corrupting” the youth, or a 25-year-old getting drunk at the club – she was perceived as “dangerous”. May her truth pose a legitimate threat to the system that exploited her.’

‘Moving.’

'Poignant.'

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This is a simple, quick listen very well narrated. It is the story we wanted to hear from her instead of watching several documentaries about her without her input. The truth. I applaud her honesty about her mental health struggles and the crimes against her was honestly such a human rights violation that we all just watched happen. I teared up hearing what she went through.