La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family
La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family
La Toya: Growing up in the Jackson Family is an autobiography written by American singer La Toya Jackson, and co-authored by celebrity biography author Patricia Romanowski. The book was originally released on February 7, 1991, around the same time as Jackson's seventh studio album No Relations.
La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family
In this autobiography, Jackson accuses her father, Joseph), of child abuse, and goes into detail on the personal lives of her superstar siblings Michael and Janet as well as Jermaine, Randy), Tito, and Rebbie Jackson's struggle under the spotlight. Katherine Jackson and Joseph) denied all of her allegations initially. However, Michael confirmed on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1993 that Joseph's beatings were every bit as extreme as La Toya had claimed.
La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family
At the time the book was written, Jackson was married to her reportedly abusive manager Jack Gordon), who she now accuses of inserting his own stories into her autobiography to embarrass her family and make her appear to be a "drama queen".
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