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Synopsis

Featuring a text of more than 450 pages with over 60 photographs, including many that have never been previously published, this comprehensive work reveals the truth behind the break up of The Supremes, recounts the inspirational effect Miss Ross’s career has had from the 1960’s through the present, and details the amazing success of her Oscar nominated portrayal of Billie Holiday. Detailed descriptions of her unique concert performances (including the seminal performance in Central Park) put the reader in the front row. Essays throughout the book help to elucidate the effects her 5-decade career has had on popular culture.

For the first time anywhere, the book sets the record straight by not only refuting many of the unfair criticisms and stereotypes that she has been subjected to, but calls into account those who’ve propagated them.

The book is the story of a strong woman who reached the pinnacle of show business on the strength of her vastly underrated talent, her immense capacity for work, and her desire for perfection, all starting at a time in history when people of color were not accorded equal access or equal hope for realization of the American Dream. Perhaps most significantly, it is the story of a woman who realized the greatest of career heights, while successfully making the priority of her life the raising of her 5 children.

The Diana Ross captured in these pages is the woman who inspired the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, and Beyonce, the woman who opened the door for the Halle Berrys of the world, the woman whose name instantly conjures up the essence of glamour and elan.

Finally, in this book Diana Ross receives the historical due that she has long deserved.