u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'The rock memoir of the decade' u003ciu003eDaily Mailu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the reader' u003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003eIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film u003ciu003eRocketmanu003c/iu003e. The result is u003ciu003eMeu003c/iu003e - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e______________u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eChristened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eHis life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eIn u003ciu003eMeu003c/iu003e Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend.u003cbru003e u003cbu003e______________u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all' u003ciu003eThe Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from the rocket man' u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003e (Book of the Week)u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' u003ciu003eTelegraphu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e
