The Woman in Me (memoir)

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The Woman in Me
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Author Britney Spears
Audio read by Michelle Williams
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Memoir
Publisher Gallery Books
Publication date
October 24, 2023
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages288
ISBN 9781668009048

The Woman in Me is a memoir by American singer Britney Spears. It was published on October 24, 2023, by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster. The book was released in 26 languages. Michelle Williams narrates the audiobook.

Contents

The Woman in Me received praise from critics. Within a week of its release in the United States, the book became a #1 New York Times best-seller, selling 1.1 million copies in all formats. As of January 2024, it has sold over two million copies in the US with an estimated three million copies in print globally. [1]

Background and release

On February 21, 2022, it was reported that Spears signed a $15 million book deal for her then-upcoming memoir, one of the biggest book deals of all time, [2] three months after a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge formally ended her conservatorship. [3] On July 11, 2023, Spears announced that the book would be titled The Woman in Me, and would be released on October 24, 2023. [4] The title is a reference to a lyric in her song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (2001), where she sings "I'm just trying to find the woman in me". [5] It was reportedly ghostwritten together with journalist Sam Lansky. [6]

The book contains 288 pages comprising 49 chapters, and was released in 26 languages. [7] [8] The memoir was released in audiobook format simultaneously with the other editions. [9] Spears confirmed she would not fully narrate the audiobook due to its "heart-wrenching and emotional" content, enlisting actress Michelle Williams to record the main bulk of the audiobook, while Spears would participate by reading its introduction. [9] [10] She promoted the memoir in People by providing insights into its content, accompanied by a cover photoshoot. [11]

Synopsis

The Woman in Me chronicles Spears's journey to stardom, the publicized challenges she faced, and her endeavors to break free from a longstanding conservatorship that once controlled her life. [12]

In the beginning of the memoir, Spears writes that her paternal grandmother, Emma Jean Spears, was sent to an asylum by Spears's paternal grandfather. Their three-day-old baby had died and Emma Jean was overwhelmed by grief. While at the asylum, Emma Jean was put on lithium; later she shot herself over the child's grave. Spears added that "tragedy runs in my family". [13] [14]

Spears also writes that she was marketed as innocent, even though she had been a regular smoker since the age of 14 and lost her virginity around the same time. [15] In 2002, her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake dumped her by text on the set of a music video. [15] When she became pregnant by Timberlake, she writes that he persuaded her to undergo an abortion. [16] Spears writes that Timberlake continuously cheated on her: "Photographers caught Justin with one of the girls from All Saints in a car." [6] After the break-up, her public image suffered, she started to burn out, and began abusing the prescription drug Adderall. [6] She also admitted that she cheated on Timberlake with dancer Wade Robson.

She described her two-week sexual fling with actor Colin Farrell in the memoir. Spears wrote that the reason for her 55-hour marriage to Jason Alexander was, that she was "drunk and very bored." She wrote that her family got angry after finding out about her marriage. Spears wrote: "They made way too big a deal out of innocent fun. Everybody has a different perspective on it, but I didn't take it that seriously. I thought a goof-around Vegas wedding was something people might do as a joke. Then my family came and acted like I'd started World War III. I cried the whole rest of the time I was in Las Vegas." [17] Spears also dives into the rocky relationship with her sister Jamie Lynn and apologized to her Zoey 101 co-star Alexa Nikolas (referred to as "that young actress") for yelling at her, adding that she was pregnant and emotional at the time. [18]

Spears discusses her relationship with Kevin Federline and the struggles she faced after becoming a mother, including suffering from postpartum depression. The memoir also goes into further detail and provides new perspective about widely publicized events in Spears' life, including shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo with an umbrella.

Reception

Critical

The review aggregator website Book Marks collected 16 reviews on the book, seven of which were classified as "rave", eight were classified as "positive" and one as "mixed". Overall, the reception was summarized as positive. [19]

The book received acclaim from The New York Times , [20] Time , [21] and The Los Angeles Times . [8] In a BBC review, Mark Savage called the book "an angry, cautionary tale," [15] while The Independent called it "raw, unfiltered and breathtaking in its rage." [6] Writing for Forbes , Toni Fitzgerald stated that the memoir "changes the conversation on mental health" and child stardom. [22]

Commercial

Before its release, The Woman in Me debuted atop the Amazon's best-selling "new release" books.[ citation needed ] Following its publication, it appeared on weekly book sales charts in multiple countries. [23] In the United States, it sold 1.1 million copies in its first week. The sales figures include pre-orders, print sales, e-books, and audiobooks. The memoir became a number-one New York Times best-seller in its first week of release. [24] As of January 11, 2024, The Woman in Me has sold over two million copies in the US. [25] On January 8, 2024, Publishers Weekly included The Woman in Me in the top ten best-sellers list of 2023 with 908,000 printed copies sold in the US. [26]

In the United Kingdom, The Woman in Me sold 90,656 print copies in its first week, securing the top spot on the Official UK Top 50 chart. This achievement marks it as Simon & Schuster's quickest-selling title. It became the second best-selling memoir of 2023, only behind Spare by Prince Harry. The audio version also debuted at number one and sales through all print and digital versions combined reached 170,000 units. [27] In Germany, the translated version of the book debuted at number one in the non-fiction category, whereas the English version started at number five on the same chart. Overall, it achieved sales of 120,000 copies. [28] In France, the book debuted at the number one spots in the top large-format literature and top essay charts and reached sales of 15,000 copies. [29] Worldwide, as of November 1, 2023, it sold an estimated amount of 2.4 million copies in print sales. [7] Three months after its release, the memoir was deemed the "#1 listened to title on Spotify". [30]

Impact

The release of The Woman in Me was credited as a factor to help drive UK book market growth. The book was highlighted as one of the releases to boost sales ahead of Christmas. [31]

The book release generated significant increases in streaming and sales for Spears. In the four days leading up to the release, her catalog experienced a 21% surge in official on-demand U.S. streams, totaling 8.89 million compared to its previous October 13–16 tracking period, which had 7.34 million streams. Additionally, digital sales in the U.S. for Spears more than doubled during these four-day periods, rising from under 1,000 sales from October 13–16 to 2,300 a week later. [32]

Public responses

In the book, Spears stated that Timberlake had acted inappropriately and put on a blaccent when meeting the singer Ginuwine. [33] However, in December 2023, Ginuwine stated, "I can tell you I don’t remember that happening. I truly don’t remember that happening [...] If Justin would’ve did something like that, I probably would’ve looked at him like, "Why are you acting like that?" If he did that, that would be something that I would remember. That would’ve definitely stuck out." [34] [35]

Possible sequel

In October 2023, Spears teased on her Instagram that she is already writing a follow-up book and says it will be released in 2024. [36]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography [37] Won
2024 Audie Awards Best Non-Fiction Narrator [38] Michelle Williams Nominated
British Book Awards Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Narrative [39] Pending

Release history

Release history and formats for The Woman in Me
CountryRelease dateEditionPublisherRef.
VariousOctober 24, 2023 Simon & Schuster [40]
Audiobook Simon & Schuster Audio [41]
CD [42]

Publication history

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