Over the Influence
The instant New York Times bestselling memoir from ‘Leave (Get Out)’ singer-songwriter sensation Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
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Publisher Description
She's stronger than she's ever been. From shooting to worldwide fame as a teenager to processing mental health, addiction and trauma, Over the Influence is the breathtakingly candid memoir from pop icon JoJo.
'One-of-a-kind' – Vogue
‘I just needed something to take me out of my mind. And the pattern of telling myself I was going to stop but not being able to eroded any sliver of self-trust I still had . . . I felt ashamed. I couldn’t get over this idea that I was letting everyone down.’
Holding nothing back, JoJo shares her against-the-odds story of adversity and resilience, from being raised by parents who were both battling addiction and depression to the seven-year law suit she found herself locked in with her label, to eventually finding the strength to put the fragmented pieces of herself back together after a period of rebellion and self-betrayal. Over the Influence invites readers on a journey of self-redemption to discover what it truly means to find yourself.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her fascinating debut, singer Levesque chronicles her rise to fame and subsequent disappearance from the spotlight. She begins with an account of her tumultuous childhood in 1990s New England as the only daughter of parents who met in Alcoholics Anonymous. Both of her parents sang and played instruments at home, and Levesque's vocal gifts became clear by age two. By 12, she'd turned down one recording contract for a better one, "scaring the shit" out of her mom as she galloped toward stardom. In bingeable, sometimes-hilarious prose, Levesque recounts the early success of her songs "Too Little, Too Late" and "Leave (Get Out)," and the humiliation of getting booed while opening for Usher in France. She balances those frothy reflections with darker subject matter, including sections on her compulsive use of alcohol and sex to escape the "discomfort of being in my own skin," and how her rapid ascent caused her mother's mental health to worsen. Whether she's discussing the 2013 lawsuit she filed against her record label for keeping her career in limbo or waxing poetic about the physical pleasures of singing, Levesque sets this celebrity memoir apart with her bracing candor and generous refusal to villainize those who've let her down. It's a memorable glimpse behind the curtain of fame.
