From This Moment On Paperback – March 27, 2012

I devoured this book. The book is riveting and so well written. The honesty with which Shania writes about her life is searing and eye opening.This is a woman who has survived a lot of hardships, but has come out stronger on the other side. I had no doubt that this book would be thoughtfully written, as she is a talented song writer. Her writing is matter of fact and not salacious in any way, but very revealing.I found it very disturbing to read the other reviews that criticized her way of writing about her parents with such compassion, though she grew up with poverty, abuse and too much adult responsibility thrust upon her at an early age. Family relationships are complicated and filled with a lot of gray areas, even if you consider your family to be "typical" or "normal".I think she handled herself unbelievable well as a child given the unstable and dysfunctional environment she was born into. And it is clear that though she knows her parents were not perfect, she loved them nonetheless. All of these people who are critical of her for this need to ask themselves if they were able to turn off the love they feel for people in their lives who mistreated, neglected, manipulated or even abused them in their lives.If they are honest with themselves, they will admit that these people are probably still part of their lives in some capacity. Whether it is a friend you can't rely on or a parent who knows all the right buttons to push and mean words to say to make you feel guilty about something in order to control you or a sibling who constantly takes advantage of you. And the list goes on and on.I was also quite impressed with the way she explained the inner workings of the music industry and how she was able to come to terms with her success once she became famous. This was illuminating for me as I read how well she articulated her feelings without coming across as "poor, famous celebrity". Many regular people like me have this idea that once you are rich and famous, you have MORE freedom and anything that you have to give up in the way of being a "regular person" is a small price to pay for money, accolades, adoration, special treatment, glamour and anything else positive that comes with it. When I read the part in the book about what a daily itinerary was like for her when promoting her album I was in disbelief. Or the schedule that she kept while working and touring.I have to admit that when I see my favorite artists performing or see them giving interviews, I picture it all as them having fun doing what they do 24/7. I had no idea about all the hard work, loneliness, isolation and sacrifice that comes with trying to get famous and then stay on top. What real problems could these people possibly have? Well it turns out that they have the same problems we do mixed in with ones we could not even imagine or fathom how to deal with. And pressure that we will never know.No wonder so many Hollywood marriages fail. No wonder there are so many certifiably crazy, drug addicted out of control celebrities out there. It is a miracle than anyone famous can keep a firm grip on reality. And I think that is why it is so endearing to learn about someone you admire who is famous continually striving to keep their life as normal as humanly possible. It is hard to have compassion for someone that you feel has a life that is much easier that yours. Easy is a relative term. But as we have seen countless times with many famous, beautiful, talented and adored celebrities, NONE of these things make you exempt from the pain that life brings on all of us. Getting through life unscathed is impossible.When reading this book, I was also watching Shania's show "Why not?" on OWN, which really delves into the breakdown of her marriage, the betrayal she experienced and how she was getting her life back on track. When I saw her emotions as opposed to reading them on the page with regard to her marriage breaking up, I was able to better understand how this kind of betrayal nearly broke her.Everyone thinks that they would never be blindsided by such a thing. Some people know in their gut that they are being lied to and some people are really so out of touch with their lives that they never see it coming at all. Most people believe that they would immediately leave and never look back. Most people believe that they would not want the person who betrayed them back. The point is you don't have any real idea what you would do when faced with such pain and how low your mind can take you in order to escape going through the pain.The harsh criticism she is receiving is unfair and unwarranted. None of us have all the answers so why should she? She is figuring things out as she goes along just like everybody else and she is beyond brave and truly open for showing this, because she believes that any negative response she will receive from doing this pales in comparison to the insight it will give to other people. I applaud her strength for doing this b/c I would not have the courage to let other people who I don't know or trust see my struggles, insecurities and human frailty.This book will help people understand who Shania really is as well as help people who will identify with certain aspects of her life. Even if you are not a fan of Shania, I think anyone who is introspective and curious about life and how you can move forward with hope even after terrible things have happened will enjoy this book. It made me look at a lot of things from a different perspective for sure.I think Shania can be extremely proud of this book, her life and her career. I am so glad that she is experiencing happiness in her life and I look forward to seeing what she does next.

This was an excellent book! I don't know where to begin. It was so well done and Shania Twain did an incredible job. She's very detailed and it feels as if she covers most everything throughout the trajectory of her life from birth to early 40's, even though that's impossible, but it is jam packed and layered with tons of insight and detail running about 400 pages or so. The first 1/3 of the book are the struggles in her life pre-fame. The abusive violent household she was raised in and being dirt poor to the point where they wouldn't know if they would have a meal that day. The second 1/3 of the book is the rise of her career and how that just kept getting bigger and bigger. The final 1/3 is the taking a break from the career and witnessing the crumbling of her marriage and the discovery of a new love.I'm not doing this book justice with this, but all I can say is that I loved it. It was entertaining and moving. I was a little intimidated by how big and detailed it was, so I decided to take it one step at a time and just savor it slowly. I would pick it up and read a few pages to a chapter or two. I'd put it down and pick it up on another day and read a few more pages or chapter. Over the course of four months I was reading this book. Dragging it on like that made me feel the longevity of her life to date and all the experiences, hardships, challenges and blessings that were being bestowed to her.It was a nice glimpse into a beautiful rags to riches story and what it's truly like from the perspective of someone who is well-known. You don't get that impression though. She's down to earth, fun and incredibly hard working. You feel like she's just like anybody else, but this great stuff in her career is happening and people are recognizing her, but she's still the same person she was before the fame. She really breaks all of that down and then you feel for her and what she was going through with the dissolve of her marriage due to infidelity on the husband's part. I think aside from the career bit, many would be able to relate to her troubled childhood and the heartbreak in love. The career fame stuff is interesting to read what it's like from the perspective of the famous person and how she's just like anybody else, but not because people know her, but she doesn't know them. I loved all of that stuff too and what it's like to make an album, get a contract, and do all the promo stuff, the touring, and the grueling hard work that ultimately drained her as it would anybody. This was a fascinating and interesting read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would read it again at another date in the future.

Let me first say I'm not a big fan of Shania twain's music I read lots of biographies cause I like to see how normal people became famous that being said this was a amazing book and inspiring story some of this I knew about her most i did not it's a amazing story about a fascinating woman who shows us she is just a normal person who has suffered from many things we all suffer from it thought it was a awesome book I loved this Shania's story

This was a good Kindle read that kept me busy all weekend. She goes into a lot of detail about her childhood and the extreme poverty and domestic violence that went on. It was hard to read about her violent father and depressed mother, who slept in bed and smoked cigarettes all day and ignored her children. Her father beat the daylight out of her mother and it was hard to read all those details and then read about her profound respect and love for them. They passed away many years ago, and I pray they are at peace, but it was hard to read such violent details and then have her almost dismiss the incidents. Her mother sounded very sick with depression, but seemed to get herself together when trying to get singing gigs in bars for the child.Not a thing was said about her husband choosing to decieve her with her best friend. Quite a bit was said about the horrible mistress/monster, but what about the guy who took the vows?

She had a rough past. It was nice to read about all her ups and downs.

Shania Twain sin duda es de más más reconocidas cantantes de la historia, este libro narrado desde su perspectiva nos cuenta los inicios de Eileen (su nombre real) al cabo de sus primeros años.Nos relata la historia de abuso que sufrió de niña, el maltrato de su padre hacia sí madre, la pobreza que vivieron y la tragedia de perder a sus padres y hacerse cargo de sus hermanos menores después de esto.Cuenta detallamente la historia de como fue descubierta y su camino al éxito al lado de su ex esposo Mutt Lange, así como detalles de su matrimonio y las razones que la hicieron terminar dicha relación .Esperaba más detalles de capítulos de su historia y el éxito de sus discos, tal vez anécdotas divertidas en tour y demás, o ultimada mente la razón por la cual perdió durante un tiempo su voz.Esta bien escrito pero siento que hubo detalles que en realidad no fueron necesarios y otros más interesantes que dejo fuera.Libro completamente en inglés. Llego sin daños por parte de Amazon.

I really loved how Shania/Eilleen was so open and candid about her early life and found that I could imagine how difficult it must have been with such unforgiving weather in the winter.I think she is an amazing, inspirational and strong woman. I felt the book was in 2 halves, there was a lot of story from when she was younger, but when she became “Shania” it dropped off a little bit, and there was only mention of the couple of tours.And then there was a lot from when Mutt betrayed her. For me, I found her honesty with her mental health struggles from that betrayal was a huge help to myself. She says a lot of inspirational quotes from that time and uses such good metaphors in explaining the pain. I have no had pain like this from relationships, but could relate from other events in life. And it just helped me. It really helped me and I’ve saved a lot of her inspirational quotes.I just love Shania. Always have, always will.

Como um fã de longa data da Shania e grande admirador da sua obra artística e musical, além de achar a mesma irresistivelmente formosa, sou também um eterno apreciador da sua história de vida e construção cotidiana. Meu conhecimento sobre sua vida era vasto, porém, baseado nas informações veiculadas na mídia impressa e virtual somente. Pude aprofundar a minha noção sobre a história da mulher, filha, mãe, esposa, dona de casa e artista inspiradora, recheada de altos e baixos, decepções, frustrações, conquistas e pontos de interrogação que causariam intimidação em qualquer ser humano, através dessa obra minuciosamente relatada nessa autobiografia grandiosa e solene. A Shania consegue ser tão realista e detalhista ao contar sobre todas as suas experiências, que consegue fazer com que nossas mentes criem curtas metragens instantâneos, revivendo cada emoção e medo pelos quais ela passou. Eu, com toda sinceridade, presto minha humilde opinião de que, como um ser humano falível e sujeito às mesmas situações tais quais ela viveu, digo com clareza: não sei se seria capaz de ter superado tantos infortúnios e ter renascido e me reinventado, quando tudo parecesse estar perdido. A parte sobre os pais dela e todo o desfecho fatídico é o epítome da história que claramente foi uma dramaturgia naturalmente elaborada e regida pela vida. Indico essa obra a todos aqueles que almejam encontrar exemplos de disposição para vencer e superar os obstáculos impostos pelo destino. A Shania Twain é mais do que um rosto bonito e uma cantora-compositora mundialmente popular... repito. Ela é aquela que tem bagagem para ensinar a muitos indivíduose e motivar quase todos. Confira essa obra magnífica e viaje numa história de inspiração surpreendente! Eu recomendo e dou 5 ⭐!

For someone to come from such adversity and then to become so successful is truly inspiring. She is such a lovely person and I thoroughly enjoyed her remarkable story.

Amazing story of an incredible woman.Its extremely well written, can't put this down. Its heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. How she found such strength and compassion through so much. I knew she was poor growing up, but didn't know it was that bad. She is truly inspiring.