My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem [ShadyThGod]

My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem is a
2008 autobiography by Debbie
Nelson, the mother of American
rapper Eminem. The British author
Annette Witheridge helped her with
the book.[1] It was reported in
September 2008 that the book sold
over 100,000 copies in the United
Kingdom.[2]
Description
It includes all of Nelson's life, and
includes her troubles with Eminem
growing up and dealing with fame.
According to her, Eminem's side of
the story is full of lies he made to
become a successful rapper.[3]
Despite all of this, she says that she
is not mad at her son.[1] She also
says in her book that she sued her
son in 2000 for defamation to stop
the foreclosure on her house.[4]
Nelson's aim in writing the book was
to show her side of the story about
her trouble with Eminem. She stated
that she "regrets keeping quiet as
Em cultivated his public persona of a
trailer dweller with a crazy welfare
mom."[5]
The book has photographs of Nelson
with Eminem, and poems and lyrics
written by Eminem that were rarely
or never seen before.[6]
Legal
Nelson was sued a week before the
book was released in the United
States. According to the man who
sued Nelson, Neal Alpert, he helped
her with the book, and pursuant to a
2005 contract with Nelson, he should
have received 25 percent of the
profit.[7]
Reception
Nathan Rabin of AV Club said that
her book "is almost perversely
devoid of the irony, humor and self-
deprecation that pervades her son's
music."[8] A Publishers Weekly
review says that "[t]hough readers
may find it hard to reconcile Debbie's
claim never to have exploited her
son in the pages of a tell-all about
him", Nelson's portrait of her son is
tense but sympathetic.[4]
Mike Sweeney of New Statesman
listed the book among five of the
most controversial memoirs