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Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice captures Taylor Daynes ascent against all odds, and the stories behind the dance soundtrack of our lives. From her early life growing up in a challenging blue-collar Long Island home in the 1960s and 1970s through her years touring as a chart-topping musician through New York, LA, Shanghai, London, Paris, and Tokyo in the 1980s and 1990s, she tells-almost-all about her experiences with renowned talents including Michael Jackson, Elton John, and Whitney Houston. Readers will be immersed in her enduring 30-year career, performing for audiences worldwide, as she raises twins as a single mother by choice. Taylor has a powerful voice, not only as a singer, but as a storyteller as well. Her personal journey is proof that childhood reverie can become reality. The humor, strength, resilience and grace that led her to stardom are woven through the scenes of her book--showing how vulnerability turns out to be strength, and how strength comes from somewhere inside when you least expect it. Tell It to My Heart should be read by fans, musicians, artists, and women of all ages. She inspires us to live our lives with courage--to raise our voices, to take action, to believe in ourselves, and to never give up on our dreams. Taylor describes her memoir: "Its gritty, its real, and its truthful. Its about love, which is good even when it doesnt last, and God, who is good, even when it seems like Hes being kind of a dick. Its also about friendship, but most of all, its about the voice which was my salvation. At fifty-fffrrshx, I feel like Im the closest Ive ever been to knowing peace, knowing who I am and what I need. Loving, learning, mentoring and mothering--these are tall tasks that require a strong backbone of authenticity and integrity. I hope this book will inspire readers to do the same."
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Seventy-five million albums sold, eighteen top-ten hits, Billboard named her one of the top 60 female artists of all time -- Grammy-nominated pop icon Taylor Dayne is a little Jewish girl from Long Island (named Leslie Joy Wunderman) who made it against the odds, worked with Michael Jackson, Elton John, Whitney Houston and many more, and is now on her 30th-Anniversary Tour. Her memoir is a parable of female self-empowerment which captures Taylor's life growing up in a blue-collar home, singing in dive bars to becoming a chart-topping diva, touring the globe, rediscovering faith and traditions, and being a single-mother of twins by choice.
