Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince

Um livro maravilhoso, a biografia completa da Mayte e a história dela antes, durante e depois a sua relação com o gênio musical Prince. Sério, passei a seguir a Mayte nas redes sociais e fiquei muito fã dela, mulher forte e guerreira, um exemplo de ser humano e mulher. Fiquei com muita vontade de conhece-la depois de ler cada sentimento que ela colocou em seu livro. Vale muito a pena.

Per il poco inglese che conosco, lo trovo discreto,intenso. Bello! Questa donna e questo uomo hanno vissute tragedie umane pesanti,ma in modi differenti. Per quanto umano e buono, lui si buttava nel lavoro e la lasciava sola.L'ha anche soggiogata e le mentiva sull'uso di medicinali. Ognuno ha i suoi punti deboli.non giudico. Lei è una bellissima creatura,e lo ama ancora tanto.L'amore va oltre,e questo è bello.

Prince a través de los ojos de su primera esposa, Mayte García. Una bella historia de amor que acerca al hombre, más allá de la leyenda.

Bien escrito, con mucho respeto. Muy emocionante para los que hemos conocido aunque sea de lejos a la pareja. Una historia de amor y desamor contada con sentimiento. Ideal para fans, ya que aunque no es una enciclopedia, sí tiene bastantes detalles de las diversas épocas, discos y canciones de Prince. Diría que es una novela autobiográfica de Mayte, pero centrada en el universo de Paisley Park. Indispensable. Espero que no tarden en editarla en castellano.

Mayte is a captivating writer and supreme story-teller. I didn't want to put this achingly beautifully written book down but also didn't want it to end. I didn't have the highest expectations, in terms of content, flow or writing ability since she's not a professional writer, but wanted to learn more about their love story and time together and about Prince from her unique perspective of having been all things to him over a period of ten critical years in his life as an artist and man. I had seen some of her promotional interviews and felt it would be an honest and loving look at that period in their lives as only she could tell it and it absolutely is. With admirable candor, warmth and humor, Mayte gives us an intimate glimpse into the breathtakingly romantic fairy tale love story and the horrifically tragic heartbreak that ultimately drove them apart. I laughed and cried but mostly cried for both of them and found myself wishing they had been able to have the children they deeply desired and that their relationship and family had remained intact. It made me wonder how they both would be different today and made me reflect on my own life and how disappointments and successes have influenced the trajectory of my life. I appreciated the honest look at the many sides of Prince and it brought out many different emotions in me as I contemplated his life, especially the impact his childhood and lifelong faith had on him as a man and artist. It is a very difficult read emotionally, deeply nuanced and raw, and resonated with me on many levels. It also challenged my beliefs about Prince and showed how extremely human he was - both good and bad, selfless and selfish, angelic and not so angelic, like the rest of us mere mortals. A true Gemini, with very different, and at times, conflicting personas, but always about the details, style, sensuality and giving his all. At times in the story, I really didn't like him, which was hard because I, like many others, feel very protective of him, but in the end I was drawn to him even more with a deeper understanding of the man and an inkling of what made him who he was and still more curiosity that may never be fully satisfied. He was a master of mystery and a genius above all. I appreciate how Mayte showed us Prince, the deep, open, sweet and personal, and the driven, prolific and often manic businessman, who seemed at times haunted and secretive about what he was going through. This book was also a healing and cathartic journey for me at a very difficult point in my life when Prince's music has kept me going. I wanted their fairy tale to last for the romantic in all of us, but as is so often the case, there is darkness on the other side of so much light and devastating lows after soaring highs. Prince was like an angel in many respects but also a deeply flawed human being and it helped to bring it down to earth for me since he seemed so otherworldly and larger than life. I fell in love with both of them here and shed many tears thinking about them and how Mayte was both blessed and cursed to have loved Prince at such an early and formative time in her adult life. As she has said, how does anyone come after Prince and fill those tiny high-heeled boots. This is, ultimately, however, a book about Mayte's life and her time with Prince and the story is told perfectly, with just the right touch, never boring or off-track, admitting what she knew and didn't know and that she just accepted a great many things as I assume most who were close to him did. It is an excellent book obviously written from deep love and respect, without judgment, and I felt like I got to know them both and their hearts and frailties. Mayte has my respect for the effort and courage it took to write this, which couldn't have been easy emotionally or from an organizational or content standpoint. I'm glad she took it on as she is obviously a beautiful writer as she is a dancer and singer, someone with a beautiful spirit that captivated Prince as well. I'm sure I will read this many times for the beauty and emotion it elicited. It is a slam dunk in my opinion and I can't say that about many books. It is the best memoir I have read and I can only imagine what Prince's would have been like had he gotten to it - it would have been a whole lot to get his arms and head around but would have been beyond fascinating. At least we have Mayte's and I'm grateful for that.