Britney Spears’ highly anticipated memoir, which is expected to detail years spent in restrictive conservatorship that ultimately led to a dramatic end in a Los Angeles courtroom, will be released on October 24 by Gallery Books, the publisher. announced Tuesday
Titled “The Woman in Me,” the book will discuss the end of guardianship in 2021 and its impact in changing “her life and the lives of countless others,” according to the publisher, which is an imprint. Simon and Schuster.
Spears on Twitter posted a website link to the book With the graphic reading, “My Story. on my terms. Finally.”
Her father, James P. Spears, was named her guardian in 2008 amid concerns about the singer’s mental health and left. exercise control on his personal life and finances for over a decade, even as he continued to perform.
Afterwards news article And documentary films Spears began to explore the nature of stereotyping, and with thousands of her fans lobbying to end it as part of the #FreeBritney movement, two years before Spears publicly denounced the system.
Spears gave a rousing speech The judge overseeing her case, in which she claimed she was drugged and forced to act against her will, described the system as “abusive” and her treatment as “traumatic”.
“I just want my life back,” she said.
Five months later, Judge Government To terminate the guardianship.
Since then, Spears, 41, has discussed aspects of her experience in Instagram posts, criticizing her father’s involvement in the arrangement, but has yet to give any formal interviews or share her full details. He mentioned The upcoming book, in a post deleted last year, calls the process “healing and therapeutic.”
Since the legal arrangement was over, Spears has annulled her marriage to Sam Asghari, something she said she was not able to do under conservatorship, and has returned to the music industry for a while, a issued a release Way with Elton John. However, Spears’ career has been relatively quiet since the high-profile court proceedings. … Offered his support for a The Broadway musical centered on his music.
On the book’s website, the publisher described it as “a brave and surprisingly moving story about independence, fame, motherhood, survival, faith and hope”.
