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From YOU ARE NOT ALONEYOU ARE NOT ALONEMichael: Through a
Brothers EyesMichael: Through a Brothers Eyes
by
JJERMAINEERMAINE JJACKSONACKSON
Childhood insights including how his Mother's obsession with
cleanlinesscreated a neurotic fear of germs among her childrenand
this is what led to
Michael being a germaphobe wearing surgical-masks in public.
How a childhood confined by performing and fame shaped Michael
as well as
the doctrines of being a Jehovahs Witness.
The stories behind the hits such as how Gary's gangland violence
inspiredBeatIt, how interfering Jackson wives inspired Wanna Be
Startin' Somethin'; the true
stalker stories behindBillie Jean; and the serial killer who
inspired Smooth
Criminal.
New background behind the 2005 trial including how a private jet
was prepared
at Van Nuys Airport to whisk Michael away from America to start
a new life in
the Middle East in the event of a guilty verdict.
Stories about Michael, the eternal child, and how mannequins
prevented his
loneliness, and how he still played hide-and-seek and dropped
water balloons
from hotel windows as a 40-year-old...desperate to keep
playfulness
The funny family stories and Michael's humor: food fights with
'Bubbles', and
how the pet chimp wore kids' clothes...and Poison perfume. Plus,
how Michael
-over-
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hid under Jermaine's bed when he made out with a girl...so he
could reach up and
feel her naked butt.
The secret airport hangar in LA which became Michael's hide-out
for years,
where he locked himself away and practiced his passion for art,
as first taught byDiana Ross.
The family rifts including how the brotherhood faced its
conflicts and betrayals,
and how Jermaine tried reaching out to his brother to save him
'from the vultures'
only to be turned away at the gates of Neverland.
That the infamous fall of 2008 photo of Michael in the
wheelchair was an act.
Jermaine saw the performers glint return to Michaels eyeshis
life was backon track and he was physically fit, preparing for his
comeback. Privately,
Michael was dancing up a storm for four hours a day and showing
off his six-
pack.
How Michael always felt there was a conspiracy to finish him,
and how he
feared for his life so much that he started to wear bullet-proof
vests.
An account of Michaels plans shortly before his death to
purchase a new
residence in Las Vegas where he planned to put down roots and
was looking
forward to taking his kids with him on tourhis focus was on the
future, slaying
false rumors that he was a man on the verge of suicide.
How the docu-movie This Is Itdid not do justice to the truth of
what really
happened during rehearsals. For the first time, we get true
insight back-stage and
see how Michaels health inexplicably started to deteriorate from
mid-June.
The poignant account of how Jermaine learned of Michaels death
and what
really happened at the hospital where Michael was pronounced
dead.
