My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem's Mother
by Debbie Nelson
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Author: Debbie NelsonContributor: Annette Witheridge
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-01
ISBN: 1597775967
Number of pages: 226
Publisher: Phoenix Books
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Book Review: Different to Expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
Before you click on the 'no' button, thinking me an Eminem hater (which I'm not) take a moment to read my review. This book is not what you would expect and was certainly not what I expected when I purchased it.
What I thought I'd get was a lame arsed apologetic for her being such a bad mother beginning with a shallow hood-winking attempt to win me over to her side before brain-washing me into believing that her son was really the devil.
Fortunately, this book is, in the main, something of a love letter to her son. Eminem comes over as a genius, but also someone who has started to believe his own bull.
Maybe Ms Mathers (as was) is a Machiavellian manipulater and has put on this whole act of being a caring mother, but something makes me doubt this particular theory.
In fact, while reading I had a moment of clarity: even from Eminem's own words she doesn't seem that bad a person. I mean, yes: prescription drugs are bad (though better than E's) and maybe she does drink (although she claims 2 b teetotal). And the worst thing Eminem has said? That she wished he'd died in place of his uncle Ronnie, which apparently she said after he hadn't attended his funeral and for which she apologised profusely after.
So, all in all, I thought this book was enlightening in showing Eminem's mother to not be the evil woman that is sometimes claimed. Yes, she may be naive and soft towards her son, but there are worse things. Maybe Eminem should bear in mind one of the suggestions on '100 things to do before you die': forgive your parents. I believe, after reading this book that she has almost certainly done the opposing corollary.
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