Saturday, September 8, 2007

Book: Too Much Too Young - Kerry Katona (2006)


Kerry is the ultimate Celebrity CHAV. Gobby, loud, in your face and on every cover of every gossip magazine in the country. She comes across as a trashy madam who loves being the centre of attention but after reading the first chapter of her book I am surprised she is still standing.
Her childhood will shock you and as she recounts every bruise, every foster home, every fight her so called parents had and every suicide attempt by her mother, it makes you respect the fact that this girl is a true survivor. Yes she has problems, she suffers from depression, like her Mother did, but depression is an illness and Kerry has had an awful lot to be depressed about. OK so she had some great moments too when she was in Atomic Kitten but she left just before they really hit the big time. Even then she was the one that the record company wanted to get rid of out of the group. When she married Westlife member Bryan McFadden and had her children, she said she was the happiest she had ever been. Bryan soon destroyed her happiness however and she started to go off the rails. There is no doubt this woman has been through more forms of hell then most of us, she comes across as a loud mouth but underneath she has little confidence in herself or her abilities as a performer. She gets by on her personality alone and this is what won her the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ title of ‘Queen of The Jungle’.
There’s a lot to dislike about Kerry Katona, but there’s a lot to like as well. She finished the book on a high note when she was about to remarry, but several months down the line and it all seems to be going wrong for her again. She’s in and out of rehab and Bryan is threatening to take her kids away from her. It seems that the Kerry story is set to run and run.
Score Board: A true tale of survival 9/10

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