Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir

Toni Braxton

May 2014 · Harper Collins

About this ebook

The bestselling solo R&B artist finally opens up about her rocky past and her path to redemption

While Toni Braxton may appear to be living a charmed life, hers is in fact a tumultuous story: a tale of personal triumph after a public unraveling. In her heartfelt memoir, the six-time Grammy Award-winning singer and star of WE tv's hit reality series Braxton Family Values is unapologetically honest in revealing the intimate details of her journey.

Toni and the entire Braxton clan have become America's favorite musical family, but what fans may not know is the intense guilt Toni once felt when she accepted a recording deal that excluded her sisters. That decision would haunt Toni for years to come, tainting the enormous fame she experienced as a popular female vocalist at the top of the charts. Despite her early accomplishments, Toni's world crumbled when she was forced to file for bankruptcy twice and was left all alone to pick up the pieces.

Always the consummate professional, Toni rebuilt her life but then found herself in the midst of more heartache. The mother of an autistic child, Toni had long feared that her son's condition might be karmic retribution for some of the life choices that left her filled with remorse. Later, when heart ailments began plaguing her at the age of forty-one and she was diagnosed with lupus, Toni knew she had to move beyond the self-recrimination and take charge of her own healing—physically and spiritually.

Unbreak My Heart is more than the story of Toni's difficult past and glittering success: it is a story of hope, of healing, and, ultimately, of redemption.

Ratings and reviews

As many stories that we've seen or heard from the headlines, it's good it hear it exactly from her. After two bankruptcies, parents divorce, her divorce, her child's diagnosis, and her diagnosis, I would say Toni has still managed to live her life to the fullest. Great job!!

A lot of what's in the book we have read in headlines, but i enjoyed how Toni shared stories of her family while growing up and also how things happened in her career outside of the headlines and spot light.

This book put me right there as if I was there in the family. What a wonderful story about your life. When GOD made you He made a STAR. And what I like is that you're not perfect, and like every one of us trying to follow our dreams and passion, and you really had to fight your way through a strict mom and dad with religion values that only wanted the best for you. And you were a little thing, but in your heart and mind you knew your worth. God knew it. The world know about Toni Braxton and I can't imagine the world without your songs, music, and voice. I love this BOOK. I can't wait to see the MOVIE. I HAVE ALL YOUR SONGS.

About the author

Toni Braxton has won six Grammy Awards and sold more than sixty million records worldwide. Her hit song "Un-break My Heart" still stands as the number two all-time bestselling single by a female recording artist. Currently, she is the star of the WE tv hit reality series Braxton Family Values and the new Lifetime original movie Twist of Faith. Braxton was the first African American woman to play a leading role in a Disney Broadway production when she starred as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and she has headlined in one of the top ten Las Vegas shows of all time. Toni is a passionate advocate for both Autism Speaks and Lupus L.A.