Christopher Ciccone writes a book about his sister Madonna out in July

Christophe Ciccone écrit un livre sur sa soeur Madonna. Sortie en juillet.


Memoir coming from Madonna's brother
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
11/06/2008, 33 minutes ago

NEW YORK - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The imprint, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, had been promoting a celebrity memoir for July, without identifying the author or contents. The book will have a first printing of 350,000. Financial details were not disclosed.
Persuading stores to make "blind" orders has been tried before. In 2006, William Morrow offered a mysterious tell-all that turned out to be by Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, who had already written about her. Retailers were angered and the book sold poorly.
Ciccone will work with Wendy Leigh, who has written biographies of Liza Minnelli and Grace Kelly and a highly critical book about Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ciccone, 47, has worked often with his older sister, designing and directing her "Girlie Show" tour in 1993 and serving as artistic director of her 1991 documentary, "Madonna: Truth or Dare." But according to Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, they are no longer close.
Madonna, who turns 50 this summer, is among the most popular recording artists in history, with such hits as "Like a Virgin," "Material Girl" and "Vogue."
Rosenberg had no initial comment on the book, but told the AP that "Madonna has not cooperated with any biography about herself."

Source: AP.

Christopher Ciccone and his sister Madonna.
Christopher Ciccone et sa soeur Madonna.