Nina, Nina, what an incredible autobiography she released in 1991, titled 'I Put a Spell on You'. Not only did she live a prolific life as a singer, she was a survivor. She lived through some harsh times, went through various romantic relationships and battled with bipolar. She had a enstranged relationship with her daughter and had survived an abusive marriage. She speaks about her relationship with her dad and how much she admired him and how it turned sour later on after a certain incident. The book covers a good amount in its 176 pages.
She was very outspoken, an intense and captivating performer on stage. In her bio though you get to hear from her who trained her as a piano player, how she worked her way into the music scene; the many people she met and how she lived as a black woman in America when racial tension was very high.
One of the things that stuck out for me was how much she loved music, writing songs, singing it and how she was pushed to exhaustion while performing. Music was her anchor it seemed.
The book paces well which makes it engaging from page one!
