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Britney and Mom: Write Me Baby, One More Time
That's right, the sugary pop princess is heading to the typewriter. She and her mom, Lynne Spears, are planning to cowrite a Mother's Day parable, to be published by May 2001, Inside.com reports. The gift book is expected to be all about mothers and daughters, and Mother Spears is expected to make her rounds to various publishers next week to pitch the idea.
The whole "young-singer-writes-parable" idea has been done before. Country crooner LeAnn Rimes had a similar project in 1997, a Christmas parable titled Holiday in Your Heart and published by Doubleday. The book went on to sell some 115,000 copies in hardcover, and was later turned into a TV-movie.
We can only guess what motherly anecdotes will figure prominently in Britney and Lynne's Mother's Day tale. Perhaps, "You're my daughter, and I won't let you wear that on stage"? Or how about, "I know you've sold a gazillion albums, but please take your brother with you to the Jive Records party"?
Whatever the case, this isn't Britney and her mom's first foray into book publishing. Last spring, the duo offered fans Britney Spears' Heart to Heart, an autobiographical paperback published by Three Rivers Press. Industry types estimate the book has sold more than 150,000 copies over the past six months.
Is it any good? Amazon.com reviewers gave the 134-page book a glowing 4.5 out of 5 stars. "It will touch the titular red beating thing in just about everyone's chest who reads this book," notes one reader, who appears to be either joking or really obsessed with Britney Spears. "Sure, it's no Death on the Installment Plan, but it's still probably the best book I've read in the last 10 years."
Another reader was a less enthused about Spears the writer, versus Spears the singer: "If your fave food groups include cheese, mush and baloney, you just found the perfect book."
Still, the new book proposal will no doubt feed the as-yet-unrelenting Britney frenzy, launched by multiplatinum-selling albums ...Baby One More Time and Oops!...I Did it Again.
Meanwhile, mom Lynne has been on a writing spree herself these days, contributing matriarchal wisdom via "Lynne's Corner" a diary that's updated frequently on Spears' official Website, www.britneyspears.com. The updates are brimming with sweet parental gems: For instance, ever wonder what the heck Britney's mom was thinking when her daughter stripped down to almost nothing at the MTV Video Music Awards?
Behold: "When she began, Bryan [Britney's brother] and I were so excited and nervous for her," Lynne writes. "She walked down the stairs in her first costume, which was a black pant suit. All of a sudden, I saw a vision of my daughter I had never before witnessed. She was breathtaking! I was so proud of her!"
She can let it all hang out on stage, but we'll see if Britney and her mom can keep from dangling those participles in print.
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