The Woman In Me

 I listened to Britney Spear's autobiography called The Woman In Me. Britney herself reads the prologue but the rest is read by a very slow reading woman. The voice sounds childish and innocent. Britney, like many other people, was born into a poor, dysfunctional family. Her family had very little money until she started winning contests and appeared, with Justin Timberlake, on the Mickey Mouse Club. From then on Britney was a meal ticket for her parents and her younger sister. Britney loved to perform and she loved to please people. These two personality traits led to her being taken advantage of by her parents. They took advantage of her financially and emotionally, going so far as to lock her up in a mental institution and forcing her to go to AA when she didn't even drink. Her father was an alcoholic. He is the one who should have gone to AA. Luckily Britney got out of the situation. The credit for this success goes to her fans who started wearing shirts that read, "Free Britney." This was a very sad tale. In some ways she is still an innocent child.