Madonna's brother writing biography of his sister

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Jun 11

Madonna's brother writing biography of his sister

The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by Simon & Schuster with a first printing of 350,000, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The publisher had been promoting a celebrity memoir for July, asking bookstores to order copies without identifying the author or contents.

Persuading stores to make "blind" orders has been tried before. In 2006, William Morrow offered a mysterious tell-all that turned out to be by Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, who had already written about her. Retailers were angered and the book sold poorly.

Simon & Schuster is owned by CBS Corp.

source : ap

Categories : General News

5 Comments

By Peter K. on June 12, 2008 1:28 PM

He's making me sick. How can you write a book about your family member if they didn't approve it?
He's in just for the money and attention. I hope M sues him, just like she did her former babysitter.

By Sanne on June 12, 2008 11:20 PM

Responding to Peter K.
I don't think she can sue him. Because he's gonna tell the story from his point of view. I M likes it or not. And i'm pretty sure the babysitter signed a contract that forbit her to talk about life around M.

By Nicky Prince of Pop on June 13, 2008 5:39 PM

I am Agree With all what Peter K did and say .....

By Tania R on June 14, 2008 11:38 AM

is there something christopher chiccone can sell about himself, not about his sister's fame? why can't he go and make his own name? it's not an act to be done by a real man, nobody's gonna respect him after this, even his family

By Latisha on October 22, 2008 7:10 AM

Well written article.

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