madonna like icon madonna like icon biography english author life american singer madonna book released august united_kingdom october united_states madonna like icon chronicles life singer birth release eleventh studio album initially critical work brien fan madonna seeing perform television point time author followed madonna career closely visited concert tours collected interviews magazines albums brien finally decided write biography madonna wanted book singer contribution music personal life unlike madonna biographers author interviewed dancers musicians producers worked madonna release book received mixed response critics unanimous emphasis given singer discography unnecessary instead thought given exploring personal life biography compelling summary biography divided parts named baptism tells madonna birth detroit michigan early childhood time new_york dance degree talks detail release studio albums madonna like virgin true blue marriage actor foray films middle named confession starts like prayer era onwards madonna global superstar continues release erotic coffee table book called sex subsequent commercial faced called starts madonna giving birth daughter continues release ray light subsequent studio albums worldwide concert tours marriage controversies surrounding adoption ends release madonna album singer reaching age background writing came like madonna saw singer television performing virgin tour previously thought madonna cheesy pop venetian like virgin video virgin tour changed opinion time madonna film desperately seeking susan released brien confessed madonna won admiration author admired madonna lack fear ability incorporate alternative culture sexuality work brien started writing book madonna wanted look life work artist approaching age believed general public eager know real self madonna concentrated finding according popular negative stereotype artist publicity hungry manipulative ball breaker woman beacon feminism found work clear autobiographical personality complex said singer madonna style ambition constantly turns life fascinating pop art old boyfriend producer said effective trait completely dominate enjoy experience madonna goddess age icon created story shifting images madonna presented brien confused approach writing biography found analyzing madonna music helpful method author interviewed dancers musicians producers worked madonna talking brien reflected childhood found parallels madonna born catholic family gradually aware rise feminism gay liberation kept getting stark pictures artist search madonna stating woman ruthless moving rude competition woman seen sweet release reception madonna like icon released august united_kingdom book cover designed image madonna premiere film swept away released year later united_states biography faced mixed reviews critics guardian criticized brien extended commentary madonna recording process believed emphasis given madonna personal life pointing examples like madonna relationship actor widely covered media lightly touched book wondered claim book press release closest come madonna autobiography reviewer concluded saying voice evidence book capable intelligent writer probably madonna autobiography usa today noted major events madonna life repeated book complimented brien writing style especially portions death madonna mother recording process albums development concert tours concluded saying overall biography familiar maybe hit mass culture spotlight holiday wholesale year like virgin material girl madonna lived life public like artists records tours videos thoroughly documented controversies sex book way orphan adoption barber daily_telegraph gave negative review book calling far inferior author madonna released like barber understand emphasis given singer albums leaving details personal life reviewer listed positive aspect book madonna childhood detailed insight family concluded saying madonna remains fascinating women time pedestrian account publication history
Madonna: Like an Icon