Between the Lines: My Story Uncut

By Jason Donovan

Book Overview

The ultimate Eighties heart-throb Jason Donovan came close to destroying his body, mind, soul and career with drugs. Never one to shy away from the truth, Jason writes candidly about Kylie and winning the battle with his demons in the paperback of his bestselling bombshell autobiography.

Jason Donovan burst onto our TVs in the 80s as Scott Robinson from Neighbours, one half of TV couple Scott and Charlene with Kylie Minogue. Kylie and Jason became the celebrity couple of the eighties and released the number one Stock, Aitken and Waterman hit Especially For You in 1988.

But behind the squeaky-clean popstar image was a man increasingly addicted to recreational drugs and on a spiralling downwards path until the love of a good woman pulled him through.

His pop career launched, Jason went on to sell over 30 million records worldwide and appeared in West End musicals such as Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat and, more recently, The Rocky Horror Show.

But just as Jason reached the pinnacle of his career, everything collapsed around him. When Jason sued style magazine The Face for calling him gay, the press tore him apart. Years of binge drug taking and partying to excess followed.

In his frank and honest account of his life, Jason talks candidly about the drugs that nearly saw the end of his career, about his relationship with the princess of pop, Kylie Minogue, and how he finally got his own very happy ending with the woman who saved him, his partner Angela and their two children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007264429
• ISBN13: 9780007264421
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Easy to Read with a Few Surprises....

Growing up in Australian in the 80s and 90s, Jason Donovan and Neighbours were a staple of my upbringing. I wouldn't say I was a huge fan but I was very curious to see what 'behind-the-scenes' info he would give... To my surprise I found this book to be quite straight forward. Enlighting stories about other Aussie icons (Miss Kylie) and how intense situations have given me a new appreciation for Jason Donovan. I've seen in him the last few years on Australian TV, doing great dramatic work and would recommend anyone curious with Australian Pop Culture from the 80s, any Neighbours fans, any Kylie fans and any Australian TV industry fans to pick this up - it's very good.