A Lifetime to Get Here: Diana Ross: the American Dreamgirl (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781425971403)

This unauthorized biography of entertainment legend Diana Ross strives to give a balanced account of her life and career while giving her the historical due that seems to have escaped her previously. Captured in vivid detail are her groundbreaking performances leading the Supremes, the renowned concert in Central Park amidst a raging thunderstorm, and the peaks and valleys of the more than 40 years of her ongoing stage, studio, and screen career.

The book steers clear of dry biography, in that it is interspersed with entertaining essays that capture the effect her life and career have had on fans throughout the years.

This book is a must-read for anyone with an appreciation for popular culture over the last half century.