Mayte Garcia
Auteur van The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince
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Mayte Garcia is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and author. She worked as a backup singer for Prince from 1992-1996. During that time, she appeared in music videos, performed on tours, award shows, and television shows. She also began to direct some of Princes tours and videos. toon meer Later she directed the Around the World in a Day tour with the NPG dance company. She contributed as a songwriter and singer to some of Princes albums. Her debut album was Child of the Sun. It played on MTV Europe and VH1 in the United States. She is the author of a memoir entitled The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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She tells readers there was nothing romantic between the two while she was a minor and it was mutual respect for their artistry that kept the pair talking on the phone and writing letters back and forth. Eventually, Mayte dropped everything to go on tour with Prince, a romance developed (after she was legally an adult), and the two married. Their bliss continued when Mayte discovered she was pregnant ...but soon turned to heartbreak when their son was born with a rare genetic disorder that was not compatible with life.
After their son Amiir died, Mayte and Prince grieved in very different ways. I can’t imagine how hard it was to recount the grief, the loss of her son, and the slow loss of her husband afterward.
I love that this book wasn’t just about Prince and spilling the tea on the notoriously eccentric musician and it didn’t feel like a money grab in the wake of his death- it was an honest account of her life with a focus on their life together, her thoughts, and shows the love and respect she has for him.
I see this story as one of a girl caught up unexpectedly in the whirlwind of a brilliant musician and though there’s plenty to criticize (he kept her close until she was of legal age, he was controlling, he pushed her away when she needed him the most and they could’ve grieved together, he cheated on her…) she didn't do that, instead it was honest and gave rare insight into Prince’s personal and professional life.… (meer)