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This book was kind of what you would expect it be. It's not the best book that I’ve ever read, but it feels honest, and if you are interested in Robyn Crawford’s relationship with Whitney, it serves the purpose. Not much of it is surprising as Whitney’s life and struggles have been heavily documented. It’s more of a memoir. It does center around her life with Whitney to whom she was close for many years. The book delves into the subject of Whitney’s relationship with her family–a tumultuous one. The relationship that Robyn witnessed between Whitney and her mother, Cissy Houston, is particularly discussed, and Cissy is not portrayed in good light here. It also doesn't seem that Robyn is being spiteful in her telling of events. Robyn, herself, also came from a tense home environment and tells of her life and struggles with her own family .
Crawford tells how she and Whitney became friends and later lovers, and going through the journey of her becoming famous. She even speaks of how they did drugs together, revealing that Houston was into heavy drugs as early as age fourteen.
It is clear that Crawford loved Whitney unconditionally. Crawford spent many formative years of her life basically engrossed in Whitney's life. At one point, Crawford drops out of college to go help Whitney focus on her career, becoming employed in her camp. It seemed that many other members of Whitney's family were also doing the same–living off of her stardom. When their physical relationship ended, Crawford remained part of Whitney's camp as one of her closest friends.
It is clear that Whitney had some deep-seated issues and they manifested in many ways—with her mother, her family, and with men. Crawford tells how Whitney would become engrossed and lose herself in courtships with potential suitors, mentioning some famous names. All the while, these men seemed to care very little about her. Over time, as her career sky-rocketed, it became clear to most that Whitney had a drug problem that she could not control, and those surrounding her were of no help. She began to unravel, and her marriage to Bobby Brown added to the problem. After many verbal altercations (mainly with Bobby) and realizing that Whitney may be too far gone, Robyn decided it was time to go.
The rest of the book covers how Crawford begins to put her life back together, that for so long has focused on other people and not herself. It's redeeming to see what type of normal life can be put together, after being adjacent to all that comes with the celebrity fame, and also her family struggles apart from life with Whitney. Much of this is done while Whitney was still living, although they never seemed to fully reconcile before Whitney's death.
It's a good story, including many intimate and personal details about Crawford's life (and Whitney's). It is commendable that she had decided to share it. For years, there was much speculation about the nature of Crawford and Houston's relationship, and now all can be put to rest. There were not many surprises, but it is nice to hear the story from the source, aside of hearing Whitney's own account, which we will never get. It was respectful, but honest. Of all the personalities so closely tied to Whitney, I'm not sure if there was one more appropriate than Robyn to write about her in this way. Although Robyn picked up the pieces of her life, I was left feeling sad about Whitney. As great as she was, she could have been even greater, but never got the help that she needed and or the chance at her own redemption. Robyn's story needs to be heard, if not only for the fact that Whitney is not here to tell hers.
Crawford tells how she and Whitney became friends and later lovers, and going through the journey of her becoming famous. She even speaks of how they did drugs together, revealing that Houston was into heavy drugs as early as age fourteen.
It is clear that Crawford loved Whitney unconditionally. Crawford spent many formative years of her life basically engrossed in Whitney's life. At one point, Crawford drops out of college to go help Whitney focus on her career, becoming employed in her camp. It seemed that many other members of Whitney's family were also doing the same–living off of her stardom. When their physical relationship ended, Crawford remained part of Whitney's camp as one of her closest friends.
It is clear that Whitney had some deep-seated issues and they manifested in many ways—with her mother, her family, and with men. Crawford tells how Whitney would become engrossed and lose herself in courtships with potential suitors, mentioning some famous names. All the while, these men seemed to care very little about her. Over time, as her career sky-rocketed, it became clear to most that Whitney had a drug problem that she could not control, and those surrounding her were of no help. She began to unravel, and her marriage to Bobby Brown added to the problem. After many verbal altercations (mainly with Bobby) and realizing that Whitney may be too far gone, Robyn decided it was time to go.
The rest of the book covers how Crawford begins to put her life back together, that for so long has focused on other people and not herself. It's redeeming to see what type of normal life can be put together, after being adjacent to all that comes with the celebrity fame, and also her family struggles apart from life with Whitney. Much of this is done while Whitney was still living, although they never seemed to fully reconcile before Whitney's death.
It's a good story, including many intimate and personal details about Crawford's life (and Whitney's). It is commendable that she had decided to share it. For years, there was much speculation about the nature of Crawford and Houston's relationship, and now all can be put to rest. There were not many surprises, but it is nice to hear the story from the source, aside of hearing Whitney's own account, which we will never get. It was respectful, but honest. Of all the personalities so closely tied to Whitney, I'm not sure if there was one more appropriate than Robyn to write about her in this way. Although Robyn picked up the pieces of her life, I was left feeling sad about Whitney. As great as she was, she could have been even greater, but never got the help that she needed and or the chance at her own redemption. Robyn's story needs to be heard, if not only for the fact that Whitney is not here to tell hers.
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I learned more about Whitney then I think I’ve ever known, and I think this take gave her humanity in many ways that the deified pop culture figure she is do not. I didn’t know how much she went through. Loving someone when they can’t love themselves enough to stop a toxic spiral is a hard battle to live with.
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