Olivia: A Biography of Olivia Newton-John

by Tim Ewbank

Now approaching her 60th birthday, Olivia Newton-John still exudes star power and timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world, topped the charts multiple times, and is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease . But behind the successful singing and film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivia’s life has been repeatedly touched by trauma, heartache, personal tragedy, and her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbank’s revealing biography charts the highs and lows of her career, and the personal crises that have affected her personal life—but never defeated her.

Genres: Biography

304 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 2008

Reviews

[Bonni Sweet · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice little book about a nice girl who became a singer and actress. It held my interest but it was your basic celebrity memoir.

[Louise Jones]

i remember olivia newton john like most people because of the movie greece which i loved reading about and reliving the hype like alot of these type books gives alot of boring info which is long winded but parts interesting her various loves in life and how ended up as she did but nothing out of the ordinary good to read waiting for bus

[Herb · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book if you don't know much about Olivia Newton-John's life. Not very in-depth, has a little of a People magazine article quality about it, but not bad & at least I know a little about her life.

[Kirsten · Rating 1 out of 5]

The biography of Olivia Newton-John by a guy who had interviewed her twice. Not very memorable.

[Nicci Schroenn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Ceejay jade]

good book

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a whole lot of new information that hasn't been published before, but here it is all under one book.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. Highly recommend it. Could hardly put it down. It's very upbeat and enjoyable to read. Even the difficult times in her life were written in a manner different from what I've read before. As a writer myself it taught me and I decided for the future this is how I want to write. She did go into sharing how much she loved the same people repeatedly but I this didn't get a little tiring until the last three chapters. Very inspiring. She such a great positive contributor to so many people. I admire her even more after reading this. I'm so glad she published this. I'm going to give out copies to my friends and family come Christmas this year.

I would encourage her to write another book called, "Living Well". Intertwining what she learned, and her stories, about learning to live well (pros and cons), including about her use of herbs, etc.

[Justine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provided a lot of information about Olivia’s life beyond ‘Sandy’ in Grease! It was a very interesting read.

[Tina Marga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very easy read and also interesting, though somehow written distantly. The author is obviously not critical about anything in Olivia's life, which makes the story (too) "sweet" to my taste.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very detailed, however, a little bit too ‘sugary sweet’ for me.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked it because it wasn’t drugs, sex and rock and roll,

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book. My favourite singer.

[Jim Moon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! Her life seemed so much like mine, but definitely way different than mine. I too, had to have a triple heart bypass surgery, before she dicovered she again has cancer! Livvy, I am real certain that you are going to survive for a long time! How do I know this? Because, I was born on Aug. 26 1948, and plan on being around til I'm at least 90+


Good read, she definitely is a survivor! She's going to be in our lives for a long time. I believe this because, similar to her, I've survived major surgery. (triple heart bypass), and we are the same age! And I don't plan on checking out soon!... I found this book very inspirational.