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Brutally Honest
- Mel B’s tell-all memoir
- Narrated by: Melanie Brown, Phoenix Chi Gulzar Brown, Andrea Brown, Zaraah Abrahams, Bruce Lester Johnson
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Please note that this audiobook contains explicit language and content some listeners may find distressing.
The memoir from the real woman behind the leopard print, for real women everywhere.
As one-fifth of the iconic Spice Girls and judge on X Factor and America's Got Talent, Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice, has been an international star since the age of 19. And yet there are sides of Mel that no one has ever seen or really known.
Brutally Honest is an exposé of the struggles and acute pain that lay behind the glamour and success. With deep personal insight, remarkable frankness and Melanie’s trademark Yorkshire humour, this audiobook removes the mask of fame and reveals the mother, wife and daughter behind the Spice Girl everyone thinks they know.
The audiobook edition features narration from Melanie, her daughter, Phoenix, and her mother, Andrea.
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- Max
- 2022-01-28
Amazing, amazing, amazing!
I Couldn't stop listening...I'm gonna give it another go because Melanie's story is so amazing. She's so strong and I admire her for getting through this.
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- Kimm
- 2019-07-17
Mind blown
I didn't really follow the Spice Girls in the 90s but I got to know Mel B from watching AGT. Then all the tabloids about her being abused and I recall thinking "she seems to together". This book came up as a Deal of the Day and I figured I give it a shot.
It's amazing what a work ethic can do for you. What happened in front of cameras vs behind her closed doors is nothing short of amazing how she made it through with a sound mind.
I finished this book with a great deal of respect for Mel B and admire her strength to (Girl) Power on. Would recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-03-17
Wow!
Highly recommend!
Open my eyes to some really hard but needed topics. Great relatable read.
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- Adriana Gomez
- 2019-01-10
Brutally honest for real
Anyone that has been in a toxic relationship can relate with this story and understand what's written. Sadly you have thousands of women than can support you and back you up, I said sadly because we shouldn't be that many.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-07-09
Real honest
Mel B, it's hard to imagine what you experienced I your life. You have been trampled upon many times but you always popped back up to the top...how resilient. I like your Gene's, 🙂
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- Valerie M Harmer
- 2021-03-02
Excellent
a must read, brought out all my pent up emotions.
eye opener of how women are treated even when they are celebs!
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- juliet
- 2019-06-23
Love it , honest , courageous.
I can relate . They read it well , she was still raw and embraced her past mistakes and came up stronger that before
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- RD
- 2021-04-26
Not a fun read; incredibly upsetting.
The fact that the words are "too raw" to be read by Mel B herself are a strong hint to the reader/listener that they are not going to have a fun, light-hearted time. "Brutally Honest" is a fitting title for Melanie Brown's autobiography. In it, she talks about the toxic and abusive relationships she has been in and tries to identify the patterns in her past traumas. It is gut-wrenching.
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- Jennifer
- 2019-06-10
OMG!!!
I couldn’t put this away until I finished it. This is a must read for women and men of all ages. If we can get our teens, young adults and adults to read this so they are able to spot the warning signs it may just be the thing that saves them.
This book touched me on so many levels that not only do I want my own hard copy, I want to buy it for the ones in my life who, like me, struggle with what has been revealed in this book. God Bless you Melanie Brown!!
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- Amanda
- 2019-07-19
Wow!
What an experience to listen to. I found myself so emotionally invested all the way through. The book title truly stands up
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