A Sick Life
TLC 'n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
A candid memoir of fame, strength, family, and friendship from the lead singer of TLC
As the lead singer of Grammy-winning supergroup TLC, Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins has seen phenomenal fame, success, and critical acclaim. But backstage, she has lived a dual life. In addition to the balancing act of juggling an all-consuming music career and her family, Tionne has struggled her whole life with sickle-cell disease—a debilitating and incurable condition that can render her unable to perform, walk, or even breathe.
A Sick Life chronicles Tionne’s journey from a sickly young girl in Des Moines who was told she wouldn’t live to see 30 through her teen years in Atlanta to how she broke into the music scene and became the superstar musician and sickle-cell disease advocate she is today. Through Tionne’s tough, funny, tell-it-like-it-is voice, she shares how she found the inner strength, grit, and determination to live her dream, despite her often unpredictable and debilitating health issues. She dives deep into never-before-told TLC stories, including accounts of her friendship with Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes and her tragic death. Tionne’s unvarnished discussion of her remarkable life, disease, unending strength, and ability to power through the odds offers a story like no other.
Customer Reviews
I love the book it was so inspiring and all over a wonderful book.
book.
Page turner
Loved the group TLC and this book made me love them even more.
I too, am a sickle cell warrior
This book was AMAZING I finished it within a day & a half . I could relate to her in sooo many ways because I too have Sickle cell disease. Tionna lost a cousin to whom she was pretty close with to sickle cell ; I lost a brother to sickle cell . She had to deal with fans labeling her as a “druggie” thinking she was at the hospital to get high off pain meds when she was really dealing with REAL LIFE PAINS . Pains that was sometimes indescribable. I have sickle cell SS & im always in the hospital, I’m always dealing with people talking down or about me & my condition.. that goes for doctors too! I now have a son who’s 3 & he has sickle cell as well . It’s extremely hard knowing that I have the disease & now a son with the disease. There’s times when we both are hospitalized at the same time which makes it really tough & hard on me because I can’t be there for my child when he’s in the hospital. It’s just soo much I can go on about & talk about but I won’t buy Tboz , I can relate & I will always relate & Know what’s it like to go through real life sickle cell pain . WE HAVE SICKLE CELL DISEASE; SICKLE CELL DOES NOT HAVE US!