Life with My Sister Madonna - Christopher Ciccone

Christopher Ciccone has one of the most famous women in the world as his sister, the pop superstar Madonna. Over the quarter of a century that she has been in the limelight there have been many books written about her, including a couple of official biographies, which were written with her consent and use some of her own words. During those years she has given many interviews in which she has offered tiny snippets of her life, in particular she has spoken of the loss she felt regarding the death of her mother when she was just a little girl. Armed with the information on offer these words have constantly been analysed and dissected in a frantic attempt to unravel what ...  Read the complete review

Christopher Ciccone is Madonna's younger brother. He is an 'artist'. For years he was part of his sister's entourage and was also on the payroll as 'dresser', 'tour designer', 'tour director', 'interior designer' - in fact anything that sounded a bit arty. Then he and Madge fell out, she stopped paying his wages and so he wrote this tell-all book in revenge. Brotherly love - you can't beat it. However, despite my opinions of its author, this book is a pretty interesting insight into the increasingly mental world of a superstar/diva/self-styled sex-goddess, from someone who was actually there alongside her (well, behind her probably). We find out a lot more ...  Read the complete review