A candid exploration of the genius, shame, and celebrity of Whitney
Houston a decade after her passing On February 11, 2012, Whitney
Houston was found submerged in the bathtub of her suite at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel. In the decade since, the world has mourned
her death amid new revelations about her relationship to her
Blackness, her sexuality, and her addictions. Didn't We Almost Have
It All is author Gerrick Kennedy's exploration of the duality of
Whitney's life as both a woman in the spotlight and someone who
often had to hide who she was. This is the story of Whitney's life,
her whole life, told with both grace and honesty. Long before that
fateful day in 2012, Whitney split the world wide open with her
voice. Hers was a once-in-a-generation talent forged in Newark, NJ,
and blessed with the grace of the church and the wisdom of a long
lineage of famous gospel singers. She redefined "The Star-Spangled
Banner." She became a box-office powerhouse, a queen of the pop
charts, and an international superstar. But all the while, she was
forced to rein in who she was amid constant accusations that her
music wasn't Black enough, original enough, honest enough. Kennedy
deftly peels back the layers of Whitney's complex story to get to
the truth at the core of what drove her, what inspired her, and
what haunted her. He pulls the narrative apart into the key
elements that informed her life-growing up in the famed Drinkard
family; the two romantic relationships that shaped the entirety of
her adult life, with Robyn Crawford and Bobby Brown; her fraught
relationship to her own Blackness and the ways in which she was
judged by the Black community; her drug and alcohol addiction; and,
finally, the shame that she carried in her heart, which informed
every facet of her life. Drawing on hundreds of sources, Kennedy
takes readers back to a world in which someone like Whitney simply
could not be, and explains in excruciating detail the ways in which
her fame did not and could not protect her. In the time since her
passing, the world and the way we view celebrity have changed
dramatically. A sweeping look at Whitney's life, Didn't We Almost
Have It All contextualizes her struggles against the backdrop of
tabloid culture, audience consumption, mental health stigmas, and
racial divisions in America. It explores exactly how and why we
lost a beloved icon far too soon.
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