Sharon osbourne biography book

Only her devotion to their three children gave her the will to survive. From the tremendous highs of the hit show The Osbournes to the devastating lows of Ozzy's near-fatal quad-bike accident and her own bout with colon cancer, Sharon's tenacity, honesty, and humor have triumphed again and again. She divides her time between Los Angeles and Buckinghamshire.

Sharon osbourne biography book

I love her honesty. You can tell how much she loves her kids and Ozzy. Wow-a wild and crazy ride through a wild and crazy life. From birth to She's a mama grizzly! He's been a test slight understatement --drugs, booze, eccentric. A great read! Shirley Revill. A very interesting story that I really enjoyed. Jonas Paro. Mark Farley.

Author 35 books 24 followers. That, in some way, the celebrities are forced to put their own side of versions, albeit ghostwritten in this case by Penelope Dening, who surprisingly gets a mention on the title page with her subject , to somehow justify where they feel their actions and their character have been scrutinised in the past. None more it seems has this been the case, it seems, but with Sharon Osbourne.

It should go on record that despite what I might say, the book became the biggest selling British autobiography ever upon release and the most successful female biography upon release when it topped 2 million sales , of that was in hardback , which is a huge acheivement for the wife of a rock star, currently fading in terms of the chart success he has had in the past.

Granted, the very fact that Sharon was not only a judge in possibly one of the most successful shows on TV currently, but the promotional budget behind this title and the avenues of opportunity already out there in terms of her exposure could have done nothing but aid her in this milestone display of selling. But back to Sharon. Osbourne nee Arden is the daughter of the legendary concert promoter, Don Arden and the relationship between her and her father, not to mention a quite unique and turbulent business partnership, despite her young age.

Sharon is nothing but adamant about how she was manipulated as early as in her teens to basically sign her life away on behalf of her father in her business dealings. This has made her not only quite hard and surly but also majorly beligerent and callous towards anyone she takes a disliking to. She has learnt over the years to fight her corner and had her Fuck You, punk spririt firmly established and instilled within her a number of years before the Pistols first rose up from their squats and tread the boards.

As early as the Sixties, she was making the sort of important industry decisions that people have spent years in the process of making their way upto in these days. Sharon puts this down to a question of experience and woe be tide any cocky shits in the industry today that try to cross or fuck with her. I, on the other hand, clearly believe that Sharon has got to where she is today through what was essentially a life of priviledge through her father, despite her protestations at the amount of work she has done to add to his legend.

The constant naievity of the younger business woman, even well into her thirties is very frustrating and annoying, especially how it has affected her family and her relationship with her husband. A man with his own personal demons and struggles with addiction. In her defence though, she is an absolute rock for Ozzy. As is he for her.

Through his rehabilitation and her own battles with colon cancer. It is true that Kelly has not been as successful as first thought, but then why on earth any member of that family would want to follow such an icon as her father into music, I do not know. This is admirable and useful no doubt for the business that she is in, but her constant violent and rude nature has damaged her reputation in the public eye.

She has been widly criticized for her actions and behaviour as a judge on all seasons of The X Factor, even though I do agree about the guy that won the first season. But then I think everyone realised that you would not have heard of him after the show came to an end. To my dismay, this book was majorly lacking in any ending. To say it was half arsed, would be fair.

I really slacked towards the end, despite what I thought would be a great read for me, considering who Sharon is. This made it hard for me to actually get to the end of what seems to be a very jumbled and patchy account of events towards the end. It it a very aggressive tome. There is a history of violence and abuse from both sides of the relationship and as heartbreaking as it is, there are interjections of wit and humour along the way.

It is quite hard reading though in terms of the arguementative tone of most of the book. I wonder how those two million buyers felt at the end. Ben Swanson. Had to read as a part of our trashy book club. Amy Curran. Hilarious and heartbreaking. Even better now that my copy has been signed by Mrs O. Amber Spencer. This book was so extreme in the things she has gone through.

Overall, I appreciated hearing her story and realizing, yet again, that what the media tells us about people is not the whole story. Dominique dominiquetravels. Some easy literature this week to give my brain a little bit of rest after the last few weeks of "serious" novels. Sharon Osbourne's Extreme: My Autobiography is good regardless of anyone's expectations.

I know that most people don't think much of this loud-mouthed woman, but after all the stories I've heard I became quite interested in her life. We all now those stories about Ozzy biting the head of a bat and Ozzy almost killing Sharon. Granted, most of these stories are related to Ozzy so maybe I should have started with his Autobiography.

However, a view from a third party is quite refreshing. Although Sharon's book peeked my interest in this bizarre family, so I might keep on reading. It's hard to describe in this short blog what Sharon Osbourne has been through throughout her life. I don't understand how someone can be so strong when writing about Ozzy and her violent relationship, her horrible bond with her father, cancer, numerous burglaries and lies from people who she thought she was close to.

The story about Randy Rhoads almost made me cry and a second later some passages make me laugh. Reading this book is like riding a rollercoaster. It's thrilling and exciting with a few stops and sad moments when it's already over too soon. All I can say at the end is that I'm genuinely happy that her life has worked out the way it has, after all her misfortunes she seems perfectly happy.

Good for her! This was really interesting, and definitely actually written by Sharon Osbourne. If there was a ghost writer involved, it was a great one, because her voice comes through loud and clear and the book's incredibly engaging. Her childhood was really fascinating, and although I knew that she was Ozzy's manager, I didn't understand how deep in that business she had been, or how insane her family was.

I also didn't realize that their marriage was so abusive she goes out of her way to say that she was part of the problem, but her poor coping skills -- throwing things when she gets mad, for example -- don't really exist on the same plane as him trying to choke her to death or punching her in the head whenever he remembers she threw a party without asking him first.

Quick read, and as celeb memoirs go, one of the more interesting, informative, and candid ones I've read. Thanks to this book, I've got Ozzy's first album playing in my car forgetten how good it was and I'm ictching to watch 'The Osbournes' again. Luckly I have both seasons on dvd so I'll be doing that very soon. She makes Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain et all look like kiddies at a tea party, overdosing on fizzy drinks.

And enormously successful, having turned Ozzy's career into a multimillion-dollar global industry, having recovered from colon cancer herself, and having finally seen her husband do a year without a drink. She is totally phenomenal' Sunday Independent Ireland Sharon Osbourne has lived - in her own words - 'fifty lives in fifty years'. As the daughter of notorious rock manager Don Arden, Sharon's childhood was a chaotic mix of glamour and violence, villains and diamonds.

In rock star Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon found her soul mate, yet Ozzy's drug- and alcohol-fuelled excesses - which culminated in his attempt to strangle her - made their marriage a white-knuckle ride from the start; only her devotion to their three children gave her the will to survive.