My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem

Description

It includes all of Nelson's life, and includes her troubles with Eminem growing up and dealing with fame. According to her, Eminem's side of the story is full of lies he concocted in order to become a successful rapper. Nevertheless, she says that she is not angry at her son. She also says in her book that she sued her son in 2000 for defamation to stop the foreclosure on her house.

Nelson's aim in writing the book was to show her side of the story about her relationship with Eminem. She stated that she "regrets keeping quiet as Em cultivated his public persona of a trailer dweller with a crazy welfare mom."

The book has photographs of Nelson with Eminem, and poems and lyrics written by Eminem that were rarely or never seen before.

Legal

Nelson was sued a week before the book was released in the United States. According to Neal Alpert, Nelson was under contract to him and he should have received 25 percent of the profit. Nelson later got engaged to Alpert. The lawsuit was dismissed the following year.

Reception

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club said that her book "is almost perversely devoid of the irony, humor and self-deprecation that pervades her son's music." A Publishers Weekly review says that "[t]hough readers may find it hard to reconcile Debbie's claim never to have exploited her son in the pages of a tell-all about him, Nelson's portrait of her son is tense but sympathetic."

Mike Sweeney of New Statesman listed the book among five of the most controversial memoirs.

References

References

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2. (September 17, 2008). "Eminem's mother's tell-all book to get US release". NME.
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4. (November 3, 2008). "My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem's Mother". [[Publishers Weekly]].
5. Kaufman, Gil. (September 18, 2008). "Eminem's Mom Tells Her Side Of The Story In New Memoir". [[MTV News]].
6. (September 16, 2008). "Eminem's Mom Spills The Beans". [[IGN]].
7. (April 8, 2008). "Eminem's Mother Sued Over Profits From Her Book 'My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem'". Fox News.
8. (24 November 2009). "EXCLUSIVE: Eminem's Mom Engaged To Man Who Sued Her!".
9. Rabin, Nathan. (December 8, 2008). "Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club #18 My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem". [[The A.V. Club]].
10. Sweeney, Mike. (July 13, 2010). "The five most controversial memoirs". [[New Statesman]].