{"product_id":"me-1","title":"Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the film \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRocketman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChristened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was on his first tour of America, facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants, bare legs and a T-shirt with ROCK AND ROLL emblazoned across it in sequins. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Me, Elton also writes about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elton John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44176158687401,"sku":"9781509853342","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/john_2e7139e0-3358-4278-b4ab-79281177ef60.jpg?v=1716008762","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/me-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}