I found this book really interesting and intriguing! It was an awesome and fascinating read that was really well-written and explored the life of Amy Winehouse.

“𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌; 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏? 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒎𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆.”

Published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death, 𝑴𝒚 𝑨𝒎𝒚 is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study of fame and addiction.

Tyler James was Amy’s best friend from the age of thirteen. They met at stage school as two insecure outsiders, formed an instant connection and lived together from their late teenage years right up until the day she died in the Camden house they shared, aged just twenty-seven.

Tyler was there through it all. From their carefree early years touring together to the creation of the multiple Grammy-winning 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌, which she wrote on their kitchen floor. From her volatile marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil through her escalating addictions, self-harm and eating disorders as the toxic nature of fame warped Amy’s reality. For the last three years of her life, Tyler was with her every day when she’d beaten drugs and was close to beating alcoholism too. He also knew better than anyone the real Amy Winehouse – the hilarious, uncompromising force-of-nature busy taking care of everyone else.

𝑴𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔:

I read 𝑴𝒚 𝑨𝒎𝒚 not only because I loved her music but out of curiosity, too. Tyler James knew Amy better than her father, Mitch, or her mother, Janis. His book is interesting, detailed, well crafted and brutally honest. Although it’s generally a distressing read, it includes wonderful experiences. Highly recommended for Amy Winehouse fans.

A huge thank you to @NetGalley and @Macmillan for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.