Songbird

An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie

By: Lesley-Ann Jones

Narrated by: Lucy Tregear

In this revealing portrait of keyboardist, lyricist, and vocalist Christine Mcvie of Fleetwood Mac, readers will get an exclusive glimpse of the band's "mother figure".

Christine McVie–born Christine Perfect–was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. She wrote and performed many of their greatest hits, and was dubbed 'the mother' of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, and always got them back on track. And yet, as the "engine" of the band during their Rumours era–an album which charted the romantic disintegration within the band–Christine's personal life was every bit as tempestuous as those of her bandmates.

Told by an author who herself was friends with Christine, and with new contributions from those who knew her best, Songbird offers a true insider's view and psychological insight into Christine as a both a woman and a musician––the ultimate picture of a rock legend and a national treasure.

annoying narrator

rambling and uninformative. The narrator’s tone and cadence sounds like she’s reading a children’s book. I had to keep reminding myself what the book was about.

What a complete story!

I loved the timeline. As much as I loved her and loved her harmonies I identified with her as the behind the scenes kind of gal. Although kind of long in detail many times I had to stop and take notes of songs I hadn’t downloaded yet. What class to put aside betrayal of a close friend…Not easy to do. I followed The Mac since Bare Trees and her
Voice just got stronger and better. Perfect is the best word for her💕

Disappointing

Absolutely nothing new and it was just poorly written unfortunately. Fleetwood Mac fans will be disappointed.

I couldn't wait

I couldn't wait to get this book because I thought it would tell the story of Christine McVie. instead, it told all this tabloid stuff that has already been proven as lies, and she got so many dates wrong it's unreal. It seems like the author detested Christine and told more about the history of England than Christine. Also, she seems to hate Stevie Nicks with a passion. Why would you write a book about people you hate? can I get my money back for this?

Mostly Filler

What a horrible so called biography. Only about 30 percent of the book is actually about Christine. I have never had a so called biography have so much filler. The narrator sounded like AI at times because of the way she pronounced words. She got Sara wrong. Sounded like Sora. Vincent Van Gogh was Van Goff. How can you mess up Van Gogh? The author got so much wrong. No one thought to do a fact check.