Love Bought Me Back

 Love Bought Me Back

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 26, 2014

 

Author  Natalie Cole

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ISBN:                 9 781 451606 058
Publisher:         Simon & Schuster
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Website:    http://www.simonandschuster.com.au 

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The power of love, if ever doubted, can be reaffirmed once you have read this warm and loving biography of Natalie Cole by Natalie Cole.

Faced with some of life’s major challenges: depression, renal failure and Hep B, Natalie tells her story of survival, and the love and strength that sustained her when all else around her was crumbling.

More a tribute to the people in her life than a tribute to herself, this very personal journey is written with a deep love and caring for the many people who came together to give back a life – hers.

 

She talks richly about her much loved sister Cooke who sustained her throughout her downs and her ups, her beloved brother who died young from AIDS: her growing up as the daughter of Nat “King” Cole, of Jessica and Pattie who gave the kidney which saved Natalie’s life along with the love and caring of the many who were there to help her face the almost unacceptable.

Natalie’s story begins with her giving thanks for the life she has led and thanks to Pattie and Jessica the sisters whom, through unselfish, unconditional love, became the means through which today, Natalie lives a healthy and happy life.

That both had to loose beloved sisters to reach this point is perhaps the focal point of the story. But the telling is done with true graciousness, in a no holds barred manner.

Rich, emotional, loving: full of despair and rebirth, this is a memoir rather than a biography; a tribute to the power of love over despair and the richness of life that is there for the living. It will touch you in a way that will stay with you for many years to come.

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Biographies, Non Fiction