A review by caughtbetweenpages
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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A heartfelt insight into one of the most scrutinized public figures of the modern world. I am so honored to live in a world where Britney can speak for herself about the way she was treated not just by her abusive father/within her conservatorship, but by the misogynistic music industry and the toxic news/media landscape of the ‘90s and ‘00s (and, let’s be honest, the past two decades as well). Of course any memoir will be biased in favor of the one writing it, but given the years of conservatorship under which she was silenced, and given the charisma with which she recalls her naïveté and openheartedness even as she admits to bad and silly behavior, makes me just so thrilled to have read this book. 
Spears is a natural entertainer, and it comes through in prose as easily as it does through song and dance. I believe her love for her children. I believe her pain when recounting the ways her former lovers and family hurt her. If she never writes another song or goes on another tour, I will believe that is what’s best for her, because I believe that she is the best person to decide that for herself. 
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